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Brunch in a flash: Air Fryers love Lafleur

26 October 2022

So you love bunch but not the time it takes to make or the pile of dishes you end up washing? Once again Lafleur has THE perfect solution for you! Gaining in popularity by leaps and bounds, air fryers are just the thing for cooking a number of your favourite brunch foods. Lafleur breakfast sausages and bacon will be ready in no time at all and were simply never this crispy!<1p>

To inspire you we’ve collected a few recipes featuring your favourite Lafleur products cooked in the air fryer. Because during the Holidays, you’d much rather spend time around the table with loved ones instead of over the stove or sink! Why not make brunch in record time, courtesy of Lafleur?

Lafleur Air Fryer breakfast sausages

Preparation: none
Cooking time: 8 minutes

Ingredients: 1 package Lafleur breakfast sausages of your choice

Instructions: 
  1. Preheat air fryer to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Open cover and arrange sausages evenly over the grill in the basket.
  3. Close cover and set cooking time to 8 minutes. Press Start.

After 4 minutes, carefully open cover and turn sausages. Replace cover and continue cooking for 4 minutes.

Lafleur Air Fryer Bacon Preparation: none Cooking time: 8 – 10 minutes Ingredients: 1 package Lafleur bacon Instructions:
  1. Preheat air fryer to 400°F (200°C).
  2. Arrange a few bacon slices on the grill in the basket taking care not to stack them.
  3. Cook 8 to 10 minutes to desired crispness.
  4. Remove cooked bacon and place on paper towels.
  5. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 according to the quantity of bacon required.

Lafleur Air Fryer Cocktail Franks

Preparation: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 7 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 12-pack (450 g) Lafleur hot dogs
  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) maple syrup
  • 65 ml (1/4 cup) brown sugar
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp.) ketchup
  • 15 ml (1 tbsp.) Dijon mustard

Instructions:

  1. Preheat air fryer to 400°F (190°C)
  2. Remove the wieners from the packaging, cut each wieners in equal parts and place in the airfryer basket without the grid.
  3. In a bowl, mix brown sugar, syrup, ketchup and mustard. Add this mixture to the wieners in the airfryer basket.
  4. Close the lid and set cooking time to 7 minutes. Hit Start.

Bonus: If your air fryer is also a pressure cooker, here’s one last recipe you might enjoy!

Maple Braised P’tit Caprice Ham in the Pressure Cooker Portions: 4 Preparation: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients:
  • 1 Lafleur P’tit Caprice smoked ham (550 g) of your choice
  • 125 ml (½ cup) water
  • 125 ml (½ cup) brown sugar
  • 65 ml (¼ cup) maple syrup
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp.) Dijon mustard
  • 7 ml (1 tsp.) black pepper
  • 4 ml (½ tsp.) thyme
  • 1 ml (¼ tsp.) ground cloves
Instructions:
  1. Remove ham from packaging and place in pressure cooker.
  2. In a bowl, combine water, brown sugar, maple syrup, mustard, pepper, thyme and cloves. Coat the ham with the mixture directly in the pressure cooker.
  3. Cover pressure cooker with lid ensuring the pressure valve is on SEAL (locked). Select PRESSURE COOK and set unit to HIGH. Set timer to 20 minutes. Press START/STOP to begin cooking.
  4. When pressure cooking is finished, release pressure by turning valve to VENT . After pressure has been completely released, carefully remove cover.
  5. Remove ham and keep warm.
  6. For a thicker sauce, reduce in a saucepan until desired consistency.
  7. Remove sauce and serve with the ham.

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