French beef recipes

The French really know their way around a cut of beef, whether a bistro-style steak or a slowly cooked stew of beef rib that's perfect for winter. Try these 15 recipes on for size.

Take a bite (or three) out of our hand-picked selection of French beef recipes including everything from a simple char-grilled sirloin with garlic butter to an ultra-trad Boeuf à la Bourguignonne sure to impress.

Steak au poivre with crisp potatoes

Steak au poivre with crisp potatoes

Beef-rib Bourguignon

Beef-rib Bourguignon

Steak with Bordelaise sauce, shoestring fries and watercress salad

Steak with Bordelaise sauce, shoestring fries and watercress salad

Braised beef cheek, burghul salad, and bread and anchovy sauce

Braised beef cheek, burghul salad, and bread and anchovy sauce

Char-grilled wagyu tri-tip with Jerusalem artichokes and olive oil and soft-herb hollandaise

Char-grilled wagyu tri-tip with Jerusalem artichokes and olive oil and soft-herb hollandaise

Steak tartare with horseradish cream and shoestring fries

Steak tartare with horseradish cream and shoestring fries

Filet de boeuf rôti en croûte de champignons (roast fillet of beef with mushrooms “en croûte”)

Filet de boeuf rôti en croûte de champignons

Boeuf Bourguignon

Boeuf Bourguignon

Char-grilled sirloin steak with garlic butter

Char-grilled sirloin steak with garlic butter

Beef à la mode

Beef à la mode

Rib roast with potato gratin

Rib roast with potato gratin

Beef daube

Beef daube

Grilled pepper steak with fried garlic potatoes

Grilled pepper steak with fried garlic potatoes

Pavé de boeuf with Roquefort sauce and gratin dauphinoise

Pavé de boeuf with Roquefort sauce and gratin dauphinoise

Onglet with Café de Paris butter and frites

Onglet with Café de Paris butter and frites

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