Sausages are great cooked in the pan of an Actifry™, with the paddle in. (They are also great in a basket-type air fryer.) Now, for the discussion and the visual backup for my experiment with this. I had seen a few random remarks tossed out in product reviews by old geezers gents that sausages were… Read More »
These turkey patties are very flexible: you can just serve them as is with mash and two veg, or use them as burger patties. Even though they are made with a lean meat, they are very juicy owing to the mushroom in them and the hot air method of frying used. But anyway, jaw-jawing later:… Read More »
This gives leftover meatloaf a whole new appeal, when you serve it up with the taste and look of grill marks on it, and crunchy surfaces all over. As usual, first the recipe, then the discussion. Print Air-fried meatloaf slices Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 10 mins Total time: 15 mins Serves: 4 slices Serving… Read More »
Roasting peppers can be a lot of pfaffing about but it doesn’t need to be with a hot air fryer. This recipe is for both paddle-type or basket-type fryers. You can serve these as-is as a side dish with grilled meats, etc, or, freeze in small bags for tossing into pasta sauces, stews, casseroles, chilled… Read More »
This is how you make 2 cups ( 175 g / 6 oz) of crispy, succulent French Fries / chips for just 6 Weight Watcher PointsPlus™ / 230 calories. For real? You bet your sweet bippy. And these are going to be some of the best fries / chips you’ve had in a long time. These… Read More »
Sweet potato fries for many people is the holy grail of hot air frying. As usual, first the recipe, then the discussion afterwards. Print Sweet potato fries Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 35 mins Serves: 5 cups / 450 g / 16 oz Serving size: 1 cup / 90 g / 3… Read More »
This is a recipe for making roast potatoes in a basket-type air fryer, using a Philips AirFryer™ as an example. The maximum capacity of the average model Philips AirFryer is 1.25 kg (2 3/4 lbs) of raw potato, chunked. Let’s make a full batch: that’s enough for 4 people. Or for two people for two… Read More »
Belgian Endive isn’t the most common cooking ingredient in the English-speaking world, and it can be pricey at times. But that works in your favour: because so many people have no idea what to do with it, you can often get it on sale — I got all the endive in this photo shoot on… Read More »
This is a delicious and easy way to roast carrots as a side dish with a paddle-type hot air fryer. Boiled carrots just won’t cut it after this recipe. You can make this a day ahead even and reheat in microwave. Makes 3 cups / 400 g / 14 oz in total. Print Roasted Carrots… Read More »
This post looks at three different ways to cook calamari in an Actifry: two coated, and one plain. There were two x 1 kg (2.2 pound) boxes of calamari (aka squid) in the basement deep freezer for ever. I wanted them out of there, and decided that because they’d been got on sale, it was… Read More »
