Valentine's Day Recipes

From elegant entrées to chocolate-filled desserts, these Valentine's Day recipes include everything for the perfect meal, whether you're coupled up or single.
Duck à l'Orange
Duck à l'Orange Recipe
Parfait glasses full of light and easy 5-minute fruit mousse.
Light and Easy 5-Minute Fruit Mousse
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Fluffy and Nutty Almond Layer Cake Recipe
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French-Style Brown Butter New Potatoes Recipe
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Merry Black Day: Canoodling on Korea’s Anti-Valentine’s Holiday
Overhead view of a fork of moussaka on a plate
18 Date-Night Recipes for a Cozy Meal at Home
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34 Valentine's Day Recipes for a Romantic Dinner at Home
Overhead view of Chocolate French Silk Pie with a slice removed
34 Chocolate Dessert Recipes for a Sweet Valentine’s Day
A slice of rich and creamy tiramisu on a dessert plate.
Rich and Creamy Tiramisu
Brownies with crackly tops made from a homemade brownie mix
Homemade Brownie Mix Recipe
Oatmeal cookie ice cream in a bowl, scooped from a loaf pan
Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream Recipe
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Foolproof Cheese Fondue Recipe
Overhead shot of 2 whole porgy roasted on a sheet pan with tomatoes, lemon slices, and shishito peppers
Broiled Whole Porgy With Blistered Shishito and Tomato Recipe
A dessert bowl filled with homemade eggless chocolate mousse.
Eggless Chocolate Mousse Recipe
Removing a heavy lid from a golden-brown, crispy whole chicken in a skillet.
Pollo al Mattone (Italian Roast Chicken Under a Brick)
A slice of chocolate cream pie topped with vanilla meringue
Double-Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe
Overhead voew of chocolate skillet cake
Chocolate Skillet Cake With Milk Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Slice of pear galette on a dark blue plate
Simple Pear Galette With Vanilla
A two-scoop dish of blackberry ice cream, garnished with fresh blackberries.
Blackberry Ice Cream
The composed green beans on a blue ceramic plate.
Haricots Verts Amandine (French-Style Green Beans With Almonds)
Blue and white bowl of a braised shortrib dinner with bowls of roasted carrots and cabbage in background
Braised Chinese-Style Short Ribs With Soy, Orange, and 5-Spice Powder Recipe
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Ricotta and Black Pepper Gnudi With Sage and Brown Butter Recipe
A loaf of honey semifreddo, topped with macerated cherries and Marcona almonds.
Honey Semifreddo (Frozen Italian Dessert) Recipe
sweet potato biscuits in cast iron pan
The Best Sweet Potato Biscuits
Chocolate Blancmange Recipe
A small black bowl of scooped buttermilk ice cream, set on a surface with a bronze and white zig-zag pattern.
Buttermilk Ice Cream Recipe
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Meyer Lemon Ice Cream Recipe
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Easy Broiled Miso-Marinated Black Cod Recipe
A Jack Rose cocktail is strained into a coupe glass on a bartop.
Jack Rose Recipe
Closeup of an eggplant tart with goat cheese, honey, and nigella seeds.
Eggplant Tart With Goat Cheese, Honey, and Nigella Recipe
Overhead of slices of no-bake cheesecake made with freeze-dried fruit.
No-Bake Cheesecake With Freeze-Dried Fruit Recipe
Overhead view of Artichokes à la Barigoule, served in a enalemed oval casserole dish.
Artichokes à la Barigoule (French Braised Artichokes With White Wine)
Overhead view of Vietnamese-style chicken meatballs, served on a platter with butter lettuce leaves, pickles, sliced chiles, and assorted condiments.
Vietnamese-Style Chicken Meatballs With Ginger and Mint Recipe
Fresh basil mousse, served in shallow drinking glasses and garnished with sliced strawberry.
Fresh Basil Mousse
A slice of chocolate cherry layer cake is served on a grey plate. The rest of the cake is visible in the background.
Chocolate Cherry Layer Cake Recipe
Summery sourdough toasts topped with burrata cheese and pesto, on a wooden board.
Sourdough Toasts With Tomato, Pesto, and Burrata Recipe
Overhead view of Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup with harissa
Spicy Carrot and Ginger Soup With Harissa
slice of angel food cake plated with chantilly cream, fresh fig, blueberries, and blackberries
Effortless Angel Food Cake Recipe
serving up a slice of chiffon cake with cream and berries
Classic Chiffon Cake With Vanilla Chantilly Recipe
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Japanese Cotton-Soft Cheesecake Recipe
A bowl of roasted strawberries, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and half a biscuit. The bowl is being drizzled with the roasted strawberry pan juices.
Roasted Strawberries
Overhead shot of cherry pit whipped cream.
Cherry Pit Whipped Cream
A pile of cocoa-dusted chocolate ganache truffles.
Chocolate Ganache Truffles Recipe
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Rigatoni Con Pesce Spada (Pasta With Swordfish, Tomato, and Eggplant)
Overhead shot of a mezcal dirty martini with two skewered olive perched on the rim
Martini Oaxaqueño (Mezcal Dirty Martini With Castelvetrano Olives) Recipe
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Bacon-Wrapped Figs With Blue Cheese and Bourbon Recipe
Overhead view of a dark gray bowl containing seared sea scallops with leek risotto and lemon-brown butter sauce.
Seared Sea Scallops With Leek Risotto and Lemon-Brown Butter Sauce Recipe
Overhead view of a foil-lined sheet pan containing quick broiled shrimp with harissa and beer. Torn pieces of baguette are piled nearby.
Quick Broiled Shrimp With Harissa and Beer Recipe
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Marrakesh Express (Pomegranate Mezcal Cocktail With Harissa) Recipe
Baked Chocolate Mousse Cake Recipe
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Broiled Summer Squash in Agrodolce With Corn and Avocado Recipe
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Grasshopper Ice Cream Pie Recipe
taking a forkful of risotto al salto pancake dusted with grated parmigiano
Risotto al Salto (Crispy Rice Pancake) Recipe
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Ampersand Cocktail Recipe
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Pamplemousse Cooler (Vodka-Cucumber Cocktail With Grapefruit LaCroix) Recipe
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Charred-Lemon Gin Sparkler Recipe
A wood bowl of roasted beet, horseradish crème fraîche and pistachios
Roasted-Beet Salad With Horseradish Crème Fraîche and Pistachios Recipe
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Molten Chocolate Cake Recipe