recette
recipe
The French word 'recette' is used to mean 'recipe', it's commonly used in context of cooking or baking. For example, 'Je vais suivre cette recette pour faire une tarte aux pommes' in English means 'I'm going to follow this recipe to make an apple pie'.
Example sentences using: recette
Cette recette de gâteau est excellente.
This cake recipe is excellent.
In this sentence, 'recette' is used in the context of a culinary recipe. The speaker is expressing their opinion about the quality of a particular cake recipe.
Je vais suivre la recette à la lettre.
I'm going to follow the recipe to the letter.
Here 'recette' refers to a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish. 'À la lettre' equates to the English idiom 'to the letter', meaning the speaker will follow the recipe instructions exactly as they are written.
La recette de notre succès est simple.
The recipe for our success is simple.
In this example, 'recette' is used metaphorically to describe the formula or method for achieving success. This sentence emphasizes that the speaker's method for success is straightforward or uncomplicated.