Valentine's Day recipes

Venison steaks with pickled rhubarb and sweet potato fries makes for an easy but impressive dinner. The pickling liquid doubles as the sauce.

The flavour of French onion soup weaves its way through creamy, plump butter beans, creating a rich base for a perfectly cooked steak.

Duck with egg, shoestring fries and rhubarb ketchup is a modern spin on ham, egg and chips. Quick, yet perfect for a romantic dinner.

Our best chicken kyiv sees amped-up garlic butter surrounded by tender chicken and encased in super-crunchy breadcrumbs.

With only five ingredients, this creamy Italian pudding – chocolate budino – is incredibly simple but beautifully smooth and indulgent.

Creamy and rich with a hint of garlic and dried herbs, this easy chicken alfredo pasta is the ultimate in Italian-American comfort food.

This iconic Italian dish – porterhouse steak with rosemary – is a staple of Florence restaurants. Serve with white beans and Tuscan red wine.

We always thought a classic mimosa was a fancy name for buck’s fizz, but there’s a difference. Discover our tips for making the best mimosas.

Upgrade your Friday night fish and chips. Use crustacean shells to make a rich no-waste stock, which forms the base of a silky curry sauce.

Good steak tartare is a thing of beauty. The French dish is a restaurant classic, but with quality beef fillet, it’s simple to make at home.

These easy pastries are like a cheesecake in danish form, with raspberries, a cream cheese base and sweet-salty sesame caramel.

Tender, meaty scallops are dressed with ginger and spring onion oil and a chilli-spiked soy dressing in this delicious starter recipe.

Food writer Sam Ellis-Cosgrove's duck pie, flavoured with thyme, garlic and pancetta, is inspired by the French dish croustade de canard.

This easy tagliatelle with lamb meatballs is made extra tender with an olive and garlic paste – the oils make the meatballs melt-in-the-mouth.

Served in a diane sauce with spinach and crispy poppy seed wedges on the side, this cauliflower steak is an absolute treat of a veggie main.

Sparkling wine brings luxury to this simple fish dish, offering sweet, complex acidity to contrast with the delicate plaice, butter and cream.

For a vegan take on steak, try meaty oyster mushrooms with a peppercorn crust. Serve with a creamy vegan sauce and butter bean mash.

Serve slices of juicy sirloin steak with lentils, beetroot and rocket. Tumble with garlicky-caper dressing for a filling, nourishing dinner.

Aubergine is the star of Sicily’s iconic pasta dish. It's deliciously simple and requires only a handful of ingredients, but is one of our all-time favourite pasta sauces.

Pork piccata is our take on the Italian dish of golden chicken escalopes with lemon, caper and butter sauce. An easy and filling dinner.

Share the love with these heart-shaped flourless chocolate cakes from renowned food writer Skye McAlpine. The perfect Valentine's dessert.

In need of a speedy dessert recipe? You can't go wrong with this creamy, light (and vegetarian) coffee pannacotta.

Ragù is transformed in this pasta recipe with Korean gochujang paste. The complex depth of heat and umami lift the trad pasta sauce to exciting new heights.

A deep green purée rich with slow-cooked garlic really delivers in this simple cavolo nero linguine recipe. Top the pasta with crispy breadcrumbs.