Hot Air Frying

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  • Sweet potato fries
  • Roast Potatoes in a basket-type air fryer
  • Grilled Endive in Curried Yogurt Marinade

Sausages in an Actifry™

Sausages are great cooked in the pan of an Actifry™, with the paddle in. (They are also great in a basket-type air fryer.) Cooking directions Just toss sausages as they are (thawed) into the Actifry pan, with the paddle left in, for 10 to 15 to 20 minutes depending on the size of the sausage… Read More »

Turkey and mushroom patties

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. Print Air-fried Turkey and… Read More »

Air-fried meatloaf slices

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 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Total Time 15 minutes Servings 4 slices… Read More »

Air roasted peppers

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 »

Shrink-Me Fries — Really?

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

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 Sweet potato fries (for basket-type air fryer) such as Philips AirFryer™ Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Total Time 35 minutes Servings 5 cups Calories 260… Read More »

Grilled Endive in Curried Yogurt Marinade

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 »

Roasted Carrots

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 »

Three ways to cook calamari in an Actifry™

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 »