Great Valentine's Day Recipes For Two
Valentine’s Day Dishes
Even if you're kind of clumsy in the kitchen, or you work around the clock, you can impress your sweetheart with a romantic dinner for two in the intimacy of your own dining room.
There is no better way to say i love you then over a nice home cooked meal. Create the perfect two course meal with these easy recipes.
Lamb is For Lovers
Serve this seven bone rack of lamb with rosemary and mint demi-glace dish with oven roasted red potatoes, green beans amandine and Cabernet Sauvignon. When you buy your rack of lamb, ask the butcher to trim the fat cap as well as between the bones so you can use the trimmings for cooking.
Ingredient list:
• 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 2 racks of lamb
• 4 minced cloves of garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 diced medium onion
• 4 diced carrots
• 1 cup celery leaves
• 1 cup port wine
• 1 cup red wine
• 14.5 oz chicken broth (1 can)
• 5 sprigs fresh spearmint
• 3 sprigs fresh rosemary
• 1 cup mint apple jelly
• 4 sprigs fresh mint
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
Instructions:
Prepare the demi-glace the night before: After you’ve heated 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium sized skillet over medium heat, add in the trimmings from the rack of lamb and a little salt and pepper to taste. When the fat has been browned, add the garlic cloves, onion, carrots, celery, both wines, and the chicken broth. Transfer the sauce to your slow cooker to simmer overnight.
1. Remove the mixture from the slow cooker and add to a saucepan, heat over medium heat. Add the spearmint, rosemary, and jelly. Simmer until the concoction becomes syrup-like. Strain this, and keep it warm.
2. Roast your lamb: Put an oven-proof skillet in the oven, which has been preheated to 450 degrees F. Rub the racks of lamb with 2 tablespoons olive oil, garlic, and salt and pepper. Cover with bread crumbs.
3. Take the hot skillet from the oven, add 2 tablespoons to the skillet, and sear your lamb on each side; now place the skillet back inside the oven and cook between 5 and 10 minutes, reaching an internal temperature of 145 degrees F.
4. Time for demi-glace! Pour a small amount on a serving platter and set lamb on top, in a criss cross formation. Drizzle with remaining demi-glace, and garnish with remaining mint.
Sweets for the Sweet
Valentine’s Day demands an appropriately decadent dessert. Chocolate strawberries are easy but delectable fare, and can even be made after the dinner together for a fun post-meal activity.
Ingredient list:
• 16 oz milk chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 lb strawberries, fresh, into which you have inserted toothpicks
• A Styrofoam block
Instructions:
1. Use a double boiler to melt the chocolate and butter together, remembering to stir occasionally.
2. When the melted chocolate is smooth, dip the toothpicked strawberries inside.
3. Plant the end of the toothpick into the Styrofoam block; the chocolate covered strawberry should be upside-down.
4. Allow to cool completely. Arrange on a decorative platter and serve.
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