Truffle Canapés

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs,
  • 1 black truffle mushroom,
  • 3 tbsp of butter,
  • 2 tbsp. of cream,
  • salt,
  • pepper,
  • bread

Cut out heart shapes in the bread. You can do this with a cookie cutter. Heart shaped would probably be best. In a small bowl mix eggs, cream, salt and pepper until creamy. Melt butter in a bain marie and add egg mixture. Toast molded bread forms and add cooked egg mixture and top off with chopped black truffles.

Cupid on February 13th, 2008 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes, Romantic Gifts | Comments Off -

Love appetizer balls

Ingredients

  • 6 potatos
  • 1/2 lb (200 gr) veal
  • 4 pc. Of garlic
  • Tomato puree
  • 2 eggs
  • cracker crumbs (bread crumbs)
  • Pink sauce (1/3 mayonese, 2/3 tomato sauce)
  • salt
  • pepper
  • vegetable oil

Boil potatoes until soft and strain with Chinese strainer until pureed. Refrigerate. Brown veal in small amount of vegetable oil and when almost done add chopped garlic. Continue browning until garlic turns a golden color. Add salt and pepper to taste, then add tomato puree.

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Cupid on January 26th, 2008 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes | No Comments -

Cheese Fondue recipe

Ingredients

  • Cheese fondue1/3 lb (150 gr.) of gruyere cheese
  • 1/3 lb (150 gr.) of emmental cheese
  • 1 ½ cups (250 ml.) of dry white wine
  • 1 garlic clove,
  • salt, ground pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg
  • French bread cut in small pieces
  • 1 tspn of corn starch
  • 1-2 tsps of Kirsch (rum or brandy works just as well)

Grate the gruyere cheese and slice the emmental cheese thinly. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.

Add a touch of garlic taste to the fondue by rubbing the garlic clove all over the inside edges of the fondue pot (discard garlic clove). Add white wine and simmer, but don’t bring to a boil.

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Cupid on January 20th, 2008 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes | No Comments -

Wild Berry and Star Fruit Compote

To create a nice Wild berry and Star Fruit recipe, you need to slow cooking, this is very important for the fruit to retain its shape.

3 cups mixed blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
1 tablespoon quick-cooking tapioca
I star fruit (carambola), sliced four times cross-wise to form stars
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
2 sprigs mint leaves

Rinse fruit. Place berries, orange juice, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over moderate heat. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Using a strainer, remove fruit from saucepan and place in a dish. Set to the side.

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Cupid on August 3rd, 2007 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes | No Comments -

Romantic Dinner for Two: Irish Lamb Stew Recipe

This romantic dinner recipe is a really must do if you want to have a romantic dinner for two. Ingredients you need to prepare this romantic dinner recipe for two:

  • 12 ounces lean boneless lamb shoulders
  • 1 1/2 cups water, or lamb based white stock
  • 1/4 each onion
  • 1/2 whole cloves, stuck into onion
  • 1/4 each bay leaf, tied into a sachet
  • 1/4 clove(s) garlic, tied into a sachet
  • 1 each peppercorns, tied into a sachet
  • 1 1/2 sprig(s) parsley, tied into a sachet
  • 1/16 teaspoon thyme, tied into a sachet
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt, to taste
  • 3/4 cup sliced onions
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced leek, white part only
  • 1 1/2 each potatoes, peeled, thinly sliced
  • 4 ounces carrots, thinly sliced
  • 4 ounces turnips, peeled, cut into matchsticks

Now you are ready to prepare your romantic dinner for two. Cut the meat into 1-inch cubes. Heat water to a boil in a heavy saucepan, over a moderate flame. Add the lamb to the saucepan (water should cover the lamb completely). Return to a boil, reduce heat, and skim well. Add the clove-studded onion and the sachet. Season with salt and simmer for 60 minutes.

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Cupid on April 2nd, 2007 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes | No Comments -

Crisped Chips Recipe

This romantic recipe for 2 is very easy to make, the only things you need are:

  • 1 1/2 corn tortillas
  • Vegetable cooking spray

To prepare you should lightly spray each side of the tortillas with the vegetable cooking spray. Then cut it into 8 wedges. Put it on a baking sheet and bake it at 400 degrees for 3 minutes on each side, or until it is crisp. Now you created your very own romantic crisped chips for you and your lover.

Cupid on March 24th, 2007 | File Under Romantic Dinner Recipes | No Comments -