For Valentine's Day, I offer you these three recipe ideas, both tasty and surprising, for a menu that will awaken your lover's taste buds!
1. A sensual entrance
To start a menu full of desires, I offer you my small cabbage stuffed with salmon .
The ingredients of love:20cl of liquid cream, ½ lemon, 2 slices of smoked salmon, chives, dill
- Whip your liquid cream with lemon juice.
- Add chives and a little dill.
- Garnish with small puffs bought in the store (or homemade if you have a little courage!) of this preparation.
- Add slices of smoked salmon, and sprinkle with the remaining dill.
- Serve very cold, and quickly enough, so that the cream does not soak the puffs too much!
2. A stimulating main course
Still in love after entry? So we continue with my recipe for Ginger scallops on a bed of zucchini.
The ingredients for happiness:Eight scallops, 1 ginger root, 1 green pepper, 1 onion, 1 lime, olive oil.
- Brown the onion, the diced pepper and add half the grated ginger.
- Squeeze the lemon into the pan. Saute your zucchini cut into strips in this preparation, about 8 minutes. They must remain crunchy.
- In another pan, brown the scallops in a little olive oil. Sprinkle with the rest of the grated ginger.
- When ready to serve, place a bed of zucchini at the bottom of the plate. Add four scallops and garnish with a dash of balsamic vinegar. Serve immediately.
3. A voluptuous dessert
To spice up the end of this meal full of love, I offer you the secret of my final potion:a chocolate fondant .
Ingredients:250g chocolate, 100g sugar, 80g flour, 200g butter, 3 eggs
- Melt the chocolate and butter in a bain-marie. Meanwhile, separate the egg whites from the yolks and beat them until stiff.
- Mix the sugar and the egg yolks until the mixture whitens. Pour in the melted chocolate and butter. Mix well.
- Add the flour and then gently fold in the whipped egg whites.
- Fill small silicone molds halfway up. Place a square of chocolate (to accentuate the fondant when tasting!) and finish filling the moulds.
- Bake for 15 minutes in a hot oven (thermostat 7). You can serve these fondants cold or warm, accompanied by custard.
To finish this meal , some chocolate truffles, homemade of course, accompanied by a glass of champagne will be perfect!
And you, what are you going to prepare for your Valentine's Day meal? Leave us your menu ideas in the comments.
Shopping for this delicious Valentine's Day meal will run you around $40 for two. Something to treat you without making your wallet roar!
Most restaurants have prices around €50 for this Valentine's Day evening... And what's more, you'll have the satisfaction of having prepared everything yourself!
