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AF-200 Crew Date Night Archive
Air-Fryer Date Night Recipes
Good food. Great company. One hundred proper air-fryer recipes built for sharing and nights worth remembering.
Date Night air-fryer recipes bring restaurant-style starters, steakhouse mains, sharing plates and proper comfort food into your own kitchen without turning the evening into a catering shift.
Every recipe includes the full Lad’s Air-Frying Bible functionality: nutrient estimates, recipe sharing, weekly meal-planner support, ready-to-cook guidance and shopping-list integration.
Air-Fryer Baked Camembert with Hot Honey & Rosemary
This is date-night food that looks far more expensive than it actually is. A whole Camembert baked until the centre turns gloriously molten, finished with warm hot…
Air-Fryer Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus with Parmesan
Simple food done properly. Crisp asparagus wrapped in salty prosciutto, roasted until the ham turns beautifully crisp while the asparagus stays tender with just a…
Air-Fryer Garlic Butter Scallop Gratin Pots
This is one of those starters that looks like you've spent hours in the kitchen when, in reality, the air fryer has done most of the work. Sweet king scallops sit in…
Air-Fryer Whipped Feta & Roasted Tomato Crostini
This is the sort of starter that arrives in a little Mediterranean bistro with a cold glass of wine before you've even looked at the menu. Crisp toasted ciabatta…
Air-Fryer Crispy Brie, Fig & Walnut Filo Parcels
Rich, buttery Brie wrapped in crisp filo pastry with sweet fig preserve and toasted walnuts tucked inside. Once baked, the cheese becomes beautifully molten while the…
Air-Fryer Steakhouse Mushroom & Blue Cheese Toasts
This is the sort of starter you'd expect to arrive at a proper steakhouse before the main event. Thick toasted sourdough loaded with buttery garlic mushrooms, melted…
Air-Fryer King Prawn Thermidor Stuffed Mushrooms
This is old-school steakhouse luxury without the white tablecloth prices. Large Portobello mushrooms filled with juicy king prawns in a rich Thermidor-style sauce,…
Air-Fryer Red Wine Braised Beef Short Rib Pots
This is proper restaurant comfort food made air-fryer friendly. Tender beef short ribs slowly cooked in a rich red wine gravy with shallots, garlic, mushrooms and…
Air-Fryer Fillet Steak with Café de Paris Butter & Rosemary Potatoes
This is classic steakhouse cooking at its best. A perfectly cooked fillet steak served with crispy rosemary potatoes and finished with a rich Café de Paris butter…
Air-Fryer Balsamic Lamb Cutlets with Dauphinoise Potatoes
This is date-night food with proper steakhouse attitude. Tender lamb cutlets coated in rosemary and garlic, finished with a sticky balsamic glaze and served alongside…
Air-Fryer Rosemary Garlic Lamb Rump with Red Wine Onions
This is the sort of dish you'd expect to find in a country gastropub with white tablecloths and a serious wine list. Succulent lamb rump cooked until beautifully…
Air-Fryer Lamb Loin with Minted Pea & Parmesan Potato Crush
This is proper restaurant-style cooking without the restaurant bill. Tender lamb loin steaks cooked until beautifully pink, served on buttery Parmesan crushed…
Air-Fryer Beef Bourguignon Potato-Topped Pots
This is French bistro comfort food with a Lad's Air-Frying Bible twist. Slow-cooked beef in a rich red wine sauce with smoky bacon, mushrooms and shallots, finished…
Air-Fryer Steak & Gorgonzola Tagliatelle Bake
This is date-night comfort food that feels straight out of a high-end Italian steakhouse. Tender slices of sirloin steak folded through silky tagliatelle in a creamy…
Air-Fryer Lamb Kofta Sharing Plate with Warm Flatbreads
This is the sort of food that turns dinner into an occasion. Juicy lamb koftas packed with garlic, herbs and warming spices, served on warm flatbreads with whipped…
Air-Fryer Honey Mustard Pork Fillet Medallions
Tender pork fillet is one of those ingredients that feels effortlessly impressive. Thick medallions are coated in a glossy wholegrain honey mustard glaze before being…
Air-Fryer Apple Cider Pork Tenderloin with Sage Potatoes
This is proper countryside comfort food with just enough refinement for a special evening. Juicy pork tenderloin glazed with apple cider, wholegrain mustard and fresh…
Air-Fryer Pork Saltimbocca with Garlic Butter Gnocchi
This is an Italian-inspired date-night dinner that looks every bit as good as it tastes. Tender pork loin wrapped in delicate Parma ham with fragrant sage, served…
Air-Fryer Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken with Mozzarella & Sage
This is one of those dishes that looks like it belongs on the menu of a smart Italian restaurant but is surprisingly simple to make. Juicy chicken breast wrapped in…
Air-Fryer Sun-Dried Tomato & Mascarpone Stuffed Chicken
This is rich Italian comfort food at its finest. Tender chicken breasts are stuffed with creamy mascarpone, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil, then wrapped in a…
Air-Fryer Creamy Tarragon Chicken & Mushroom Pots
This is classic French-inspired comfort food made for a special evening. Tender chicken, chestnut mushrooms and shallots are gently cooked in a rich tarragon cream…
Air-Fryer Champagne-Style Chicken with Leeks & Pancetta
This is rich, elegant comfort food that feels made for a special occasion. Tender chicken breasts are cooked with sweet leeks, crispy pancetta and a luxurious…
Air-Fryer Garlic Herb Chicken Roulades with Parmesan Mash
This is the sort of dish that looks like you've spent hours in the kitchen, but it's surprisingly straightforward. Chicken breasts are rolled around a rich filling of…
Air-Fryer Chicken & Chorizo Saffron Orzo Pots
This is Mediterranean comfort food that feels effortlessly special. Tender chicken, smoky chorizo, creamy saffron-infused orzo and roasted peppers come together in…
Air-Fryer Chicken Forestière with Bacon, Mushrooms & Brandy Cream
This is classic French bistro cooking with a Lad's Air-Frying Bible twist. Tender chicken breasts are cooked with smoky bacon, woodland mushrooms and shallots before…
Air-Fryer Balsamic Duck Breast with Cherry & Red Wine Glaze
This is one of those dishes that immediately feels like a special occasion. Perfectly cooked duck breast with beautifully crisp skin is finished with a rich cherry,…
Air-Fryer Orange Five-Spice Duck with Crispy Potatoes
Duck and orange is one of those classic combinations that has stood the test of time for good reason. This version adds the gentle warmth of Chinese five spice,…
Air-Fryer Garlic Butter Lobster Tails with Parmesan Potatoes
This is proper celebration food. Sweet lobster tails brushed with rich garlic butter, roasted until just tender, then finished with fresh parsley and lemon. Served…
Air-Fryer Creamy Tuscan Salmon with Spinach & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
This is one of those dishes that looks effortlessly elegant. Perfectly cooked salmon fillets sit in a rich garlic Parmesan cream sauce with wilted spinach and sweet…
Air-Fryer Pistachio-Crusted Salmon with Lemon Cream
This is elegant, fresh and packed with flavour. Salmon fillets are coated in a crisp pistachio, Parmesan and herb crust before being roasted until perfectly tender.…
Air-Fryer Sea Bass with Champagne-Style Prawn Sauce
This is elegant, light and packed with delicate flavour. Crisp-skinned sea bass sits on a silky Champagne-style prawn cream sauce finished with fresh herbs and lemon.…
Air-Fryer Cod Florentine Gratin Pots
This is classic seafood comfort food with a restaurant finish. Flaky cod sits in a creamy spinach and garlic Florentine sauce, topped with Gruyère and Parmesan before…
Air-Fryer King Prawn & Crab Thermidor Rice Pots
This is luxury comfort food without the restaurant price tag. Sweet king prawns and delicate crab meat are folded through creamy Parmesan rice with garlic, shallots…
Air-Fryer Garlic Butter Scallops with Chorizo Pea Purée
This is restaurant-quality food without the restaurant bill. Sweet king scallops are seared in garlic butter and served over a silky pea purée with crisp chorizo,…
Air-Fryer Mediterranean Stuffed Sea Bream for Two
This is the sort of dish that lands in the middle of the table at a little family taverna overlooking the sea. A whole sea bream stuffed with garlic, lemon, herbs,…
Air-Fryer Pistachio & Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb
This is centrepiece cooking without the stress. A tender rack of lamb coated in a crisp pistachio, herb and Parmesan crust, roasted until beautifully pink before…
Air-Fryer Herb-Crusted Venison Medallions with Blackberry Red Wine Sauce
This is rich, elegant countryside cooking that feels made for a special occasion. Tender venison medallions are coated in fresh herbs and black pepper before being…
Air-Fryer Wild Mushroom & Truffle Chicken Supreme
This is rich, elegant and exactly the sort of meal you'd expect from a boutique country hotel. Tender chicken supreme with crispy golden skin sits on a bed of wild…
Air-Fryer Veal Saltimbocca with Lemon Butter Gnocchi
This is classic northern Italian cooking that proves simple ingredients often produce the best results. Tender veal escalopes wrapped with delicate Parma ham and…
Air-Fryer Roast Monkfish Medallions with Brown Butter & Samphire
This is one of those restaurant dishes that looks incredibly refined but is remarkably straightforward to cook. Firm, meaty monkfish is roasted until just tender,…
Air-Fryer Braised Beef Cheek Bourguignon with Parmesan Mash
This is slow-cooked comfort food at its absolute best. Rich beef cheeks become meltingly tender in a deep red wine and shallot sauce before being served over buttery…
Air-Fryer Herb-Crusted Pork Tomahawk with Apple Brandy Cream
This is the sort of centrepiece that turns an ordinary dinner into an occasion. A thick bone-in pork tomahawk is coated in garlic, rosemary and thyme before roasting…
Air-Fryer Beef Wellington Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
This dish delivers all the rich flavours of a classic Beef Wellington without the pastry. Large Portobello mushrooms are filled with tender beef fillet, mushroom…
Air-Fryer Truffle Butter Fillet Steak with Wild Mushroom Dauphinoise
This is the sort of meal you'd expect to find in an exclusive country house restaurant. Thick fillet steaks are cooked until beautifully blushing in the centre,…
Air-Fryer Lobster & King Prawn Champagne Risotto
This is proper celebration food. Sweet lobster, juicy king prawns and creamy Parmesan risotto finished with a delicate Champagne-style sauce. Rich without being…
Air-Fryer Herb-Crusted Rack of Venison with Port & Blackberry Jus
This is proper fine-dining food without the restaurant price tag. A beautifully tender rack of venison coated in a fragrant herb crust is roasted until perfectly pink…
Air-Fryer Slow-Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Madeira Cream
This is classic steakhouse luxury done properly. Whole beef tenderloin is roasted until beautifully pink before being sliced into thick medallions and served with a…
Air-Fryer Herb-Crusted Halibut with Champagne Leek Cream
This is refined seafood cooking that lets the fish take centre stage. Thick halibut fillets are coated in a crisp herb and Parmesan crust before being served over…
Air-Fryer Côte de Boeuf with Garlic Herb Butter & Café Potatoes
This is the ultimate date-night steak for sharing. A magnificent bone-in rib steak cooked until beautifully blushing in the centre, finished with melting garlic herb…
Air-Fryer Chateaubriand with Garlic Lobster Butter & Parmesan Fondant Potatoes
This is the grand finale. A beautifully roasted centre-cut beef fillet, carved thick at the table and finished with luxurious garlic lobster butter that melts slowly…
Air-Fryer Black Garlic Steak Crostini with Whipped Parmesan
This is the sort of starter that arrives at an expensive steakhouse and instantly tells you the chef knows exactly what they're doing. Crisp toasted sourdough…
Air-Fryer Lobster Mac & Cheese Croquette Hearts
This is the sort of starter that makes people think you've spent all afternoon in the kitchen. Creamy lobster mac and cheese is chilled, shaped into elegant…
Air-Fryer Crispy Goat's Cheese with Beetroot, Walnut & Hot Honey
This is one of those starters that looks effortlessly elegant while delivering huge flavour. Creamy goat's cheese wrapped in a crisp golden crumb, sitting on…
Air-Fryer Crab, Gruyère & Champagne Gratin Pots
This is date-night luxury without needing a white tablecloth. Sweet white crab meat folded through a silky Champagne and Gruyère sauce, topped with buttery…
Air-Fryer Parma Ham, Pear & Gorgonzola Filo Roses
This is the sort of starter that looks like it belongs in a luxury Italian restaurant. Delicate filo pastry is wrapped around sweet pear, salty Parma ham and…
Air-Fryer Garlic Butter King Prawn Brioche Toasts
This is the sort of starter that arrives in an expensive seafood restaurant and immediately gets everyone's attention. Thick slices of buttery toasted brioche…
Air-Fryer Truffle Mushroom Arancini with Parmesan Fondue
This is proper Italian comfort food turned into a luxury date-night starter. Creamy truffle mushroom risotto is rolled into crisp golden arancini, hiding a…
Air-Fryer Crispy Duck Bonbons with Cherry Hoisin Glaze
This is the sort of starter you'd expect to see in an award-winning restaurant. Slow-cooked duck is folded with spring onions, garlic and herbs before being…
Air-Fryer Baked Burrata with Confit Tomatoes & Pesto Crumb
This is Italian simplicity at its absolute best. Creamy Burrata is gently baked until the centre becomes beautifully molten, surrounded by slow-roasted cherry…
Air-Fryer Chorizo, Manchego & Saffron Stuffed Baby Peppers
These little peppers are exactly the sort of starter that lands on a table and disappears before anyone realises they've only had one. Sweet roasted baby…
Air-Fryer Individual Beef Wellington Parcels with Madeira Cream
This is the ultimate date-night centrepiece. Individual Beef Wellingtons with perfectly pink fillet steak wrapped in mushroom duxelles, Parma ham and crisp…
Air-Fryer Ribeye Steak with Bone Marrow Butter & Truffle Chips
This is unapologetically luxurious. A beautifully marbled ribeye steak cooked until perfectly blushing inside, topped with rich bone marrow butter that melts…
Air-Fryer Steak Diane with Crispy Fondant Potatoes
Few steak dishes have stood the test of time quite like Steak Diane. Tender sirloin steaks are paired with beautifully crisp fondant potatoes and finished in…
Air-Fryer Korean-Glazed Beef Short Ribs with Sesame Potato Pavé
These sticky Korean-inspired beef short ribs are rich, tender and packed with deep savoury flavour. Slow-cooked until they practically fall off the bone…
Air-Fryer Peppercorn-Crusted Fillet with Cognac Mushroom Sauce
When you want to seriously impress someone, fillet steak is hard to beat. Wrapped in a fragrant cracked pepper crust and cooked until perfectly pink, it's…
Air-Fryer Surf & Turf Fillet Steak with Garlic Prawn Thermidor
This is date-night dining at its absolute finest. A perfectly cooked fillet steak is paired with succulent king prawns coated in a rich Thermidor-inspired…
Air-Fryer Braised Oxtail Croquette Pie with Red Wine Gravy
This is comfort food with a seriously luxurious twist. Rich, slow-braised oxtail is folded through a silky beef gravy before being coated in crisp golden…
Air-Fryer Steak au Poivre with Parmesan Hasselback Potatoes
This French steakhouse classic is all about simplicity done perfectly. Tender sirloin steaks are coated in a coarse black pepper crust, cooked until…
Air-Fryer Venison Wellington Parcels with Blackberry Port Jus
This is a spectacular centrepiece for an unforgettable date night. Tender venison loin is wrapped in earthy wild mushroom duxelles, Parma ham and crisp, flaky…
Air-Fryer Sticky Miso Beef Ribs with Wasabi Potato Crush
If you're looking for a showstopper, this is it. Beef ribs are slow-cooked until they're so tender they slide off the bone, then glazed in a rich miso, soy…
Air-Fryer Lamb Guard of Honour with Rosemary Garlic Crust
When you want a proper centrepiece without cooking a full rack of lamb, a Guard of Honour is hard to beat. Two racks are tied together with the bones facing…
Air-Fryer Harissa Lamb Rump with Feta Dauphinoise
This dish brings together the warmth of North Africa with the richness of classic French cooking. Tender lamb rump is coated in a smoky harissa crust before…
Air-Fryer Lamb Noisettes with Port, Fig & Rosemary Jus
Elegant, refined and packed with flavour, lamb noisettes are one of the quickest ways to create a restaurant-quality meal. Thick medallions of tender lamb…
Air-Fryer Moroccan Lamb Shoulder Parcels with Apricot Couscous
Slow-cooked Moroccan lamb wrapped in crisp golden filo pastry is the sort of dish that instantly feels special. Fragrant with ras el hanout, cinnamon and…
Air-Fryer Lamb Shank Hotpot Pots with Redcurrant Gravy
This is slow-cooked comfort food elevated for date night. Succulent lamb shank is braised until it falls apart, then layered beneath buttery sliced potatoes…
Air-Fryer Minted Lamb Cannon with Pea, Pancetta & Potato Terrine
For an elegant date-night main, lamb cannon is hard to beat. This premium cut is incredibly tender, beautifully lean and cooks to a perfect blushing pink in…
Air-Fryer Porchetta-Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Marsala Apples
This is Italy on a plate. Tender pork fillet is butterflied and stuffed with a classic porchetta-inspired filling of fennel, garlic, rosemary and herbs before…
Air-Fryer Pork Wellington with Black Pudding & Cider Cream
If there was ever a pork dish made for date night, this is it. Tender pork fillet is wrapped in rich black pudding, caramelised apples and flaky golden puff…
Air-Fryer Maple-Bourbon Pork Belly with Smoked Apple Purée
This is rich, sticky and unapologetically indulgent. Crispy pork belly is slow-cooked until meltingly tender before being lacquered in a maple and bourbon…
Air-Fryer Parmesan-Crusted Pork Milanese with Truffle Tagliatelle
Golden, crisp and beautifully indulgent, this is Italian comfort food elevated to fine dining. Tender pork loin is coated in a light Parmesan and herb crumb…
Air-Fryer Stuffed Iberico-Style Pork Chop with Manchego & Chorizo
This is Spanish comfort food taken to restaurant level. Thick-cut pork chops are butterflied and stuffed with smoky chorizo, creamy Manchego and roasted red…
Air-Fryer Pork Fillet Rossini with Madeira Mushrooms
This is a luxurious twist on the famous Rossini. Instead of beef fillet, succulent pork fillet is topped with a rich wild mushroom and Madeira cream, finished…
Air-Fryer Chicken Kiev Wellington with Wild Garlic Butter
This takes two classics and turns them into one unforgettable date-night main. Succulent chicken breast is stuffed with a rich wild garlic butter, wrapped in…
Air-Fryer Chicken Cordon Bleu Roulade with Gruyère Cream
This is the classic Chicken Cordon Bleu reinvented for a fine dining table. Tender chicken breast is rolled around smoked ham and melting Gruyère, coated in a…
Air-Fryer Truffle Brie-Stuffed Chicken with Champagne Mushrooms
When only something truly special will do, this dish delivers. Juicy chicken breasts are filled with creamy Brie and black truffle, wrapped in crisp Parma ham…
Air-Fryer Crispy Duck Breast with Plum, Star Anise & Potato Pavé
This is the sort of dish that immediately says special occasion. Perfectly rendered duck breast with irresistibly crisp skin is glazed with a rich plum and…
Air-Fryer Duck Wellington Parcels with Cherry Madeira Sauce
This is pure luxury from the very first cut. Tender duck breast is wrapped in a rich wild mushroom duxelles, smoky Parma ham and flaky golden puff pastry…
Air-Fryer Chicken Supreme with Lobster, Tarragon & Cognac Cream
This is the definition of luxury. Succulent chicken supreme with crispy golden skin is topped with sweet lobster meat and finished in a rich cognac, tarragon…
Air-Fryer Parma-Wrapped Chicken with Pesto Risotto Cakes
This is Italian-inspired comfort food with a fine dining finish. Juicy chicken breast is wrapped in crisp Parma ham, air fried until beautifully golden, then…
Air-Fryer Chicken Ballotine with Spinach, Prosciutto & Fontina
This is classic French cookery with an Italian twist. Tender chicken breast is butterflied, filled with wilted spinach, silky Prosciutto and melting Fontina…
Air-Fryer Salmon Wellington Parcels with Champagne Dill Cream
Nothing says luxury quite like perfectly cooked salmon wrapped in buttery puff pastry. Fresh salmon fillets are layered with spinach, cream cheese, lemon and…
Air-Fryer Miso-Glazed Black Cod with Sesame Dauphinoise
Few dishes feel as effortlessly luxurious as Black Cod. Rich, buttery and incredibly delicate, it's coated in a sweet miso glaze that caramelises beautifully…
Air-Fryer Sea Bass with Crab, Lemon & Herb Crust
This is refined, elegant and bursting with fresh coastal flavour. Delicate sea bass fillets are topped with a rich crab, herb and lemon crust before being air…
Air-Fryer Lobster Thermidor Dauphinoise Pots
This is indulgence in its purest form. Sweet chunks of lobster are folded into a luxurious Thermidor sauce of Dijon mustard, Gruyère, Parmesan and Champagne…
Air-Fryer Scallop, King Prawn & Saffron Risotto Cakes
Golden and irresistibly crisp on the outside, luxuriously creamy in the middle, these risotto cakes hide sweet king prawns, perfectly cooked scallops and…
Air-Fryer Monkfish Saltimbocca with Brown Butter Gnocchi
Firm, meaty monkfish is often called the lobster of the sea, making it perfect for an unforgettable date-night dinner. Wrapped in delicate Parma ham with…
Air-Fryer Crab-Stuffed Salmon with Lemon Beurre Blanc
This is the kind of dish you'd expect to order at a luxury coastal restaurant. A perfectly cooked salmon fillet is filled with a rich crab, herb and cream…
Air-Fryer King Prawn & Lobster Ravioli Gratin
This is indulgence at its absolute finest. Delicate lobster ravioli is baked beneath a rich garlic, white wine and lobster cream sauce, loaded with succulent…
Air-Fryer Pistachio-Crusted Tuna Loin with Wasabi Potato Cakes
Restaurant-quality tuna is all about confidence. Thick tuna loins are coated in a crunchy pistachio and sesame crust before being air fried just long enough…
Air-Fryer Ultimate Date Night Seafood Platter with Lobster, Scallops, King Prawns & Garlic Butter
When only the very best will do, this is the ultimate showstopper. Sweet lobster tail, perfectly seared scallops, succulent king prawns and delicate mussels…