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Valentine's Day

Pear and date tarte tatin.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s pear and date tarte tatin

Pears and dates are a classic flavour combination that works exceptionally well in another classic, the tarte tatin.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Garlic-butter and white-wine prawns over wilted spinach.
EASY

Garlic-butter and white-wine prawns over wilted spinach

One pan, 10 minutes and a delicious dinner that everyone will love is on the table.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Poached snapper with anchovy parsley butter.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s poached snapper with anchovy parsley butter

Instead of using stock, this simple poached fish dish mixes offcuts such as parsley stalks and lemon pieces with a flavourful butter.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Steamed snapper with red curry butter.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s steamed snapper with red curry butter

I love steamed fish, and pairing it with a richly flavoured butter is both wonderfully simple and extraordinarily delicious.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Helen Goh’s kefir and vanilla jelly with stone fruits and cherries.
EASY

Kefir and vanilla jelly with stone fruits and cherries

A dessert for the tail end of summer when stone fruits are at their sweetest.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Helen Goh
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Serve as a romantic dinner for two or as an easy weeknight meal.
EASY

Ready in minutes, this ‘super-simple’ fish dish is as vibrant as an Amalfi sunset

Serve this fish dish as a romantic dinner for two or as an easy weeknight meal.

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Adam Liaw’s version of the viral internet dish Marry me chicken.

Recipes from the heart: How the Good Food team cooks for the people we love

Forget the chocolates. From high-stakes date nights to restorative bowls for a friend in need, here’s what we cook when words don’t cut it.

  • Good Food team
Pasta marinara.
EASY

Master the marinara: Adam Liaw’s guide to making Australia’s favourite romantic pasta

Elevate date night at home with this restaurant-quality marinara – a decadent seafood classic that is surprisingly simple to perfect.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Raspberry and mango eton mess.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s raspberry and mango Eton mess

If you don’t want to make your own meringue, break up six store-bought meringue nests to use as the base.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Summer peach cake.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s summer peach cake

Peaches are the hero in this simple mix-and-pour cake, delicious served with ice-cream or cream.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw