French Menu Dinner Party

A traditional french menu packed full of traditional recipes and ingredients, a mushroom soup, lamb shanks with lentils  for the main and to finish a classic citroen tart.

Starter

Creamy mushroom soup with crusty rolls

Main 

Lamb shank and lentil stew

Dessert

 French tart citron


Creamy Garlic Mushroom Soup

A delicate light creamy garlic mushroom soup with intense bursts of mushroom and flavoured with onions, garlic and mixed French herbs served steaming hot with crusty bread rolls. This lovely French herby soup makes an amazing starter for a French-themed dinner party

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Lamb Shanks Stew with Green Lentils

A delicious slow cooked lamb shank stew with a red wine, tomatoes and olive sauce flavoured with garlic and thyme. The lamb is served on a bed of bay flavoured green lentils, carrots, and cherry tomatoes.

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French lemon Tart

A french lemon tart or tart citron with a rich lemon custard filling and a crispy shortcrust pastry. The tart is lightly dusted with icing sugar and served with creme fraiche this tart citron makes the perfect dessert for a French dinner party

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More About our French menu

This menu is a little more labour intensive than some of the other menus but worth the extra work. Our mushroom soup starter is flavoured with garlic and herbs de provence, giving the soup a distinct taste of France. The main course is a full flavoured slow roasted lamb shank cooked with garlic, onions, cherry tomatoes, olives, fresh thyme and red wine. The lamb shank is served with a generous portion of  green lentils stew. The dessert is a fresh french lemon tart or tart citron, a crisp pastry case with a delicate creamy lemon custard.

Difficulty level

This menu is quite demanding as most of the items need to be created on the day dinner party.

Cooking Order

Day before    
  • make the mushroom soup cool and store in the fridge
  • make the pastry for the tart rest in fridge
  • make the pastry cases cover with cling film and refrigerate 
Morning of the party
  • complete the lemon tart and leave to cool 
Three hours before
  • make the lamb stew and place in the oven
40 minutes before
  • make the lentil stew
10 minutes before 
  • heat the mushroom soup
Before serving your dessert
  • dust the tart with icing suga

Top Tips

  • rinse the lentils well
  • make sure the sugar is well mixed into the eggs

Keep an eye on

  • the lemon tart while cooking to ensure top doesn’t brown before the custard sets