22 Valentine's Day Recipes

A tall aperitif glass filled with hanky panky cocktail and an orange twist on the rim of the glass.

Hanky Panky Cocktail1/22

A classic hanky panky calls for gin, sweet vermouth, Fernet Branca, an orange twist, and, after the first sip, a ginormous grin. There's a reason it's a classic.

Three slices of French toast drizzled with Earl Grey syrup on a white plate.

French Toast with Earl Grey Syrup2/22

We know what you're thinking. "I better not try the Earl Grey syrup because my kids may turn up their nose at it." Make it anyways.

A skillet filled with pan seared scallops cooked in butter

Pan Seared Scallops3/22

Perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner conceivable. Here's how to cook your pricey (and worth every penny) sea scallops to perfection.

A sliced duck breast with maple bourbon sauce drizzled around it on a blue-rimmed white plate.

Duck Breast With Maple Bourbon Sauce and Sriracha Carrots4/22

"Sophisticated, beautiful to look at, and certainly delicious." "Definitely a keeper!" That's what folks are saying about this recipe.

Two plates with burrata topped with asparagus, pine nuts, raisins, and prosciutto.

Burrata with Asparagus5/22

A ridiculously rich, unthinkably creamy kin to mozzarella, burrata brings understated bling to every little thing. Prepare to swoon.

Three pieces of roasted bone marrow sprinkled with salt in a metal roasting pan.

Roasted Bone Marrow6/22

Though traditionally a first course, bone marrow is sufficiently rich to be first course and last course. And maybe each course in between.

A coupe glass filled with blood orange prosecco cocktail on a small tray.

Blood Orange and Prosecco Cocktail7/22

We think you'll come to understand our giddiness about this effervescent elixir the second you take a sip.

Skillet with shredded braised beef with red wine pasta and carrots

Braised Beef with Red Wine Pasta8/22

With all due respect, your go-to recipe for beef stew falls short of this magnificent melding of beef, wine, and pasta. No contest.

Cutting board and knife with a salt and pepper rib eye steak

Salt and Pepper Rib Eye Steak9/22

Rib eye steak. Salt. Pepper. Flame. And this technique. That's all it takes to create one of the most superlative suppers known to man.

Two seared duck breasts, one sliced, the other whole on a wood cutting board

Seared Duck Breast10/22

An elegant and easy riff on steak au poivre that's made with duck breast rubbed with garlic and peppercorns and cooked to a magnificently rosy medium-rare.

A white bowl filled with risotto and topped with a sprig of thyme and some lemon zest

Lemon and Thyme Risotto11/22

A lilt of lemon and hints of thyme dance throughout this simple risotto. The best they've ever tasted.

Two fillets of flounder in a lemon butter sauce in a skillet topped with chopped parsley

Flounder with Lemon Butter Sauce12/22

One of our most requested recipes. Easy, elegant, and pretty much foolproof. Sorta impressive for something that you toss together in less than 15 minutes, wouldn't you agree?

A bowl filled with baby greens on a white linen napkin. Part of a goat cheese crostini is on the edge of the bowl and the other part on the napkin

Warm Goat Cheese Salad13/22

Baguette slathered with goat cheese and baked to toasty perfection with a can't-mess-it-up vinaigrette and salad. Easy peasy.

A roast chicken on top of a bed of bread croutons and lemon wedges

Ina Garten’s Lemon Chicken14/22

If we had to choose just one roast chicken to spend the rest of our lives with, this would be the one.

A plate with a large piece of seared foie gras topped with watercress and apple puree on the side.

Pan-Seared Foie Gras15/22

This luxe little number with a pan sauce reduction of late-harvest Chardonnay is best reserved for when you truly, madly, deeply love your guests.

A white oval platter filled with sliced duck à l’orange, topped with sliced scallions and jalapenos, and drizzled with sauce.

Duck à l’Orange16/22

Duck à l’orange gets a modern makeover in this sophisticated yet simple riff on a French classic thanks to the zingy addition of jalapeño, ginger, and scallions. Fusion food at its finest.

A perfectly roasted beef tenderloin with Madeira sauce on the side ion a copper pot

Beef Tenderloin with Madeira Sauce17/22

This eminently reliable, no-fuss recipe doesn't ambush you with carving trickery. It's just a simple, supple roast beef tenderloin napped with a slightly boozy but goof-proof sauce.

Two steaks on a cutting board topped with herbed compound butter an a bowl of the butter on the side.

Herbed Compound Butter18/22

Nothing says "I love you" like sharing steak swimming in a puddle of melting herb butter. Consider it Cupid's little helper.

A tangle of fettuccine with scallops finished with lemon zest and chervil on a brown plate.

Fettuccine with Scallops19/22

Whether you need a no-fail romantic dinner for two or an impressive dinner party for more, here's how to pull it off.

A dark grey rectangular baking dish half filled with four cheese macaroni and cheese and a metal spoon lifting a scoop out.

Four Cheese Macaroni and Cheese20/22

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Witness this macaroni and cheese with fontina, Gorgonzola, pecorino, and Parm.

A pot of smooth mashed potatoes--made with plenty of butter, cream--with a wooden spoon and pat of butter on top

Velvet Mashed Potatoes21/22

No mere mash, this creamy potato purée owes its uber velvetiness to truly indecent amounts of butter and cream. And we mean that in the best possible way.

A white plate of broccoli rabe with balsamic brown butter being poured on top

Broccoli Rabe with Balsamic Brown Butter22/22

Think you don't like broccoli rabe? Think again. We defy you to try this butter-blasted kin to broccoli and not be converted.