Recipes for Valentine's Day. Ideas for unusual dishes and treats
Before proceeding with Valentine's Day recipe a, let's turn to the history of the holiday. In the distant Middle Ages in France, the life of a priest named Valentine began to grow into legends. They are associated with a secret wedding of couples in love. In those days, there was the cruel emperor Claudius II, who created a decree that young people should not marry. Since a free man can fight better on the battlefield. Saint Valentine, priest and field doctor, contrary to the decree of a cruel despot, under cover of night, secretly, married young people in love with their beloved girls. Soon he was exposed and thrown into prison. In it, he met a beautiful girl - the daughter of a warden. Before his death, he wrote her a love letter and signed "your Valentine."
This was the first valentine. It was discovered after his execution, which took place on February 14, 269. Through many centuries, people have not forgotten about this holy man, and for 16 centuries, in memory of Saint Valentine, Valentine's Day is celebrated all over the world. This holiday came to us relatively recently, but we are eager to give valentines with love inscriptions and gifts to our dear people.
Dessert made of chocolate and cottage cheese. Ingredients:
- Cottage cheese 200 gr.,
- Dark chocolate 200 gr. (Dark chocolate can be replaced with milk),
- Vanilla sugar 1 sachet
- Fruits:
Kiwi 2 pcs.,
-½ part of a large pear.
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Break the dark chocolate into pieces and cover with vanilla sugar.
Melt chocolate with sugar in a water bath.
To make a dessert from chocolate and cottage cheese, we need to take 4 heart-shaped silicone molds and a silicone brush. 
Lubricate each mold inside with melted chocolate. We try
coat the molds with chocolate as thick as possible. We put the molds in
freezer for 10 minutes.
Preparing the filling for the dessert. Put cottage cheese and sugar in a blender (you can also use a mixer).
Beat the curd mass with sugar until smooth.
Peel the kiwi and pear and then cut into cubes.
Divide the curd mass into two parts. Add kiwi to one part of the curd, and pear to the other.
Mix everything thoroughly. As a result, we get two curd masses with different fillings.
We take out the molds from the freezer and fill with cottage cheese.
Put cottage cheese with kiwi in two molds, and cottage cheese with pear in the remaining two. Grease with melted chocolate on top.
When all the molds are filled with cottage cheese with fruits and greased with chocolate, we send them to the freezer for 1 hour.
We take out the dessert from the freezer and take it out of the molds. Put the chocolate and cottage cheese dessert on a plate and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Decorate and serve. We hope this Valentine's Day recipe will pleasantly surprise your significant other.
Valentine's Day Recipe Ideas
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You have already chosen a venue for romantic evening, thought about decorations and entourage and bought cute gifts? Now is the time to think about the treat. And it doesn't matter where it takes place festive breakfast, lunch or dinner, the main thing is not to miss the selection of dishes. Thinking over the menu for Valentine's Day, you need to pay attention to aphrodisiac products. This is understandable, because, most likely, dinner will end in bed. Dishes for romantic menu should be both nourishing and light at the same time. The task is almost impossible if you go the beaten path and prepare an ordinary festive table with mayonnaise puff salads abundant meat dishes and side dishes ... Therefore, pay attention to seafood dishes. Now in any store and on the market you can buy almost any seafood delicacy... Perhaps the most affordable seafood, literally stuffed with aphrodisiacs, is shrimp. Culinary Eden offers you a Valentine's Day menu for a romantic dinner.
Ingredients:
200 g boiled shrimp,
150 g imitation crab meat,
200 g of hard cheese,
4 boiled eggs
3-4 cloves of garlic
green onions,
mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Set aside a few shrimp for garnish. Grate cheese, eggs and garlic. Add shrimp and chopped crab meat. Stir and season with mayonnaise. Garnish with shrimp and chopped green onions.
Ingredients:
400 g shrimp,
4 eggs,
1 small jar of canned pineapple
1 mango,
1-2 green apples
300 g celery stalks,
parsley,
olive oil, white dry wine- for frying shrimp.
Preparation:
Fry the shrimps in a hot mixture of olive oil and dry white wine. Chop celery, apples and boiled eggs thin straw... Drain the juice from the pineapples, pour some into a bowl and mix with mayonnaise. Add chopped pineapples and mangoes to the rest of the food and season with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with chopped parsley when serving.
Ingredients:
1 can of pitted or pitted olives
300 g shrimp
3-4 boiled eggs
mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Boil the shrimp in boiling salted water, peel and chop with a blender (or mince it). Mix with yolks from boiled eggs, mash thoroughly and add enough mayonnaise to make a rather sticky mass. Dry the olives or olives. Grate boiled egg whites on fine grater... Roll small balls from the shrimp mass, press in on the olive and roll in the egg white. Serve on green lettuce leaves.
Ingredients:
300 g large shrimps,
150 g of broth from shrimp,
200 ml 35% cream,
100 ml of dry white wine,
100 ml of milk
3 tbsp with a heap of flour,
4 eggs,
1 tsp dijon mustard,
4 tablespoons butter,
3-4 peas of allspice,
½ tsp ground nutmeg,
salt, black ground pepper- taste,
sour cream.
Preparation:
Boil the shrimp in boiling salted water, pour 150 ml of broth, cool the shrimp, peel and cut small pieces... Dissolve in a skillet over low heat butter and fry the flour in it until creamy, then add the shrimp broth and wine, heat for a minute and pour in the milk and cream. Add allspice, mustard, salt, black pepper and nutmeg and simmer for 5 minutes over low heat. In the meantime, separate the yolks from the whites. Add a little sauce from the pan to the yolks, mix well and add to the rest of the sauce, stirring well so that no lumps form ( better mixer). Place the shrimp in the sauce, stir and remove from heat. Cool and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt, gently add the mixture to the shrimp sauce and stir. Divide the resulting mass into molds and place in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes. Serve with sour cream.
But a person is not alive with shrimps - a light snack can be prepared from other products!
Ingredients:
250 g boiled tongue
4 eggs,
2 apples,
150 g prunes
150 g hard cheese
100 g walnuts
mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Cut the tongue into strips, grate the boiled eggs on a coarse grater. Rinse the prunes well, dry and cut into thin strips. Peel the apple and grate on a grater for Korean carrots... Stir all ingredients and season with mayonnaise. When serving, sprinkle with finely grated cheese and chopped nuts.
Ingredients:
6 large mushrooms,
2 eggs,
1 medium-sized onion
100 g of hard cheese
2 tbsp sour cream or mayonnaise,
salt, parsley, vegetable oil.
Preparation:
With washed mushrooms, carefully remove the stems and clean the caps inside. Cut the onion and mushroom legs into small cubes and fry on vegetable oil until golden brown. Boiled eggs also cut into cubes, add chopped greens, add fried onions and mushrooms, stir and season with sour cream. Add half of the finely grated cheese, stir and stuff the caps. Place in a baking dish, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake at 200 ° C for 20 minutes. Garnish with herbs when serving.
For the main course, you can choose lean fish, lean meat or cook classic chicken wings... And don't forget to cook fresh vegetables for a side dish, they will not create heaviness in the stomach.
Ingredients:
2-2.5 stacks flour,
100 g butter
1 egg,
1 stack. water.
For minced meat:
500 g shrimp
1 small onion
2 tbsp chopped parsley,
ginger, black pepper - to taste,
a pinch of salt.
Preparation:
The dough for these dumplings is being prepared in a custard way: Boil water with butter, remove from heat, add 1 stack. flour and stir quickly until smooth. Cool, beat in an egg and add enough flour to make a smooth dough. Let it sit under the plate for 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile, peel the shrimps and onions, mince them, add herbs, ginger, salt and pepper and knead the minced meat well. Roll out the dough into a thin layer and cut the circles out into a thin glass. Sculpt very small dumplings and boil in salted water. Serve with hot sauces.
Ingredients:
400 g pike perch fillet,
100 g of rice
2 onions
2 tomatoes,
2 cloves of garlic
100 ml of dry white wine,
2 tbsp vegetable oil,
2 carnation buds,
½ bunch of parsley,
thyme, salt, black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Pour salted water over the washed rice and put on fire. Cut the pike perch fillet into small pieces. Finely chop the herbs and garlic. Scald the tomatoes with boiling water, dip in ice water and peel off the skin. Grind the tomatoes with a blender. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet, add onion and save until golden brown. Add tomatoes, garlic and herbs, add a little salt and simmer over low heat, covered for 3-4 minutes. Then add the cloves, thyme and pepper and continue simmering. Place the cooked rice in a colander, place in a skillet with sauce and add wine. Place the fish slices on top of the rice, cover and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes. Serve sprinkled with herbs.
Ingredients:
600 g chicken wings,
2 tbsp lemon juice
50 ml of vegetable oil,
3-4 cloves of garlic
sprig of rosemary,
salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Combine lemon juice and vegetable oil, add chopped garlic and rosemary leaves and place chicken wings in the resulting marinade. Leave to marinate for 30-40 minutes. Grease a baking sheet with oil, lay out the wings and pour over the marinade. Place in the oven on medium heat for 40 minutes to brown the wings. Serve with fresh vegetable salad.
Ingredients:
2 squid carcasses,
2 potatoes,
200 g fresh mushrooms(champignons, oyster mushrooms),
2 tomatoes,
1-2 cloves of garlic
grated hard cheese.
Preparation:
From boiled potatoes make mashed potatoes. Fry the finely diced onion until golden brown. Fry the mushrooms separately in a dry frying pan until the liquid has completely evaporated and add to the onion. Connect mashed potatoes with mushrooms and onions. Peel and boil the squid in salted water for 2-3 minutes, no more, otherwise they will become rubbery. Start squid potato mass and place in a greased mold. Peel and chop the tomatoes. Chop the garlic, fry in vegetable oil for 30 seconds, add the tomatoes, simmer over medium heat, salt and pepper. Pour the resulting sauce over the squid and sprinkle with grated cheese. Put in hot oven and bake until the cheese melts.
Ingredients:
250 g peeled shrimp,
250 g crab meat
½ stack. dry white wine
2 tbsp olive oil,
2 tbsp butter,
1 sprig of marjoram
2 stalks of celery,
3 bay leaves,
4 sprigs of basil,
5 leaves of thyme,
6 black peppercorns,
7 leek feathers,
8 drops of vinegar
9 drops of lemon juice.
Preparation:
Put the shrimp and crab meat in a saucepan, cover them with wine, add olive oil and butter and bring to a boil. Then the witchcraft begins: one by one, with an interval of one minute, add all the spices: marjoram, celery, Bay leaf, basil, thyme, black pepper, leeks, vinegar and lemon juice. After adding last ingredient boil the dish for 9 minutes and serve. In France, this dish is called the "snack of passion".
If you've never made fondue before, it makes sense to try surprising your spouse with cheese fondue or making a chocolate fondue for dessert. And what delicious crust formed at the bottom of the fondue bowl when you make cheese fondue!
Ingredients:
250 g of Gruyere cheese,
150 g Emmental cheese,
150 ml dry white wine,
1 clove of garlic,
½ tsp lemon juice
1-2 tbsp starch
ground white pepper, nutmeg - to taste.
For dipping: cubes white bread, shrimp, olives or olives, etc.
Preparation:
Grate the cheese. Rub the walls of the fondue with a clove of garlic, pour in the wine and put on fire. When the wine is warmed up, gradually add the cheese mixture, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, moving "figure eight". Add pepper and nutmeg, lemon juice and stir. If the mixture turns out to be liquid, add starch, if, on the contrary, thick - pour in a little wine. When the mixture is smooth, move the fondue pot to the center of the table on the stand above the candle. Place snacks on forks and dip in a bowl.
Ingredients:
400 g shrimp,
200 g of crab meat,
400 ml of milk
50 g cheddar cheese
2 tbsp sherry,
hot peppers.
Preparation:
Boil shrimp in 1 cup. boiling salted water, peel and grind in a blender. Dissolve the resulting mass with hot milk and bring to a boil with constant stirring. Add cheese and stir with a wooden spoon in "eights" until it is completely melted. Add pepper, sherry and crab meat, bring to a boil and serve. Serve white croutons and sherry with the fondue.
Ingredients:
1 stack. 35% cream
2 bars of quality dark chocolate,
20 g brandy,
1 tbsp liquid honey,
1 tbsp chopped almonds
1 tbsp chopped walnuts.
For dipping:
pieces fresh fruit, biscuit cubes, nuts, etc.
Preparation:
Place the fondue bowl in the water bath. Pour in the cream, add the chocolate grated on a coarse grater, add honey, cognac and nuts. While stirring constantly, melt the whole mass until smooth. Then place the bowl on the candle holder and enjoy amazing delicacy! Dip fresh fruit, biscuits or cookies, nuts, or dried fruit into the melted chocolate.
A romantic dinner is unthinkable without champagne, and in combination with strawberries it turns into an amazing delicacy.
Strawberries in champagne. Fresh berries Arrange the strawberries in tall glasses and sprinkle icing sugar... Cover every glass cling film and put the glasses in the refrigerator. When it's time for dessert, pour champagne over the strawberries and serve.
Ingredients per serving:
20 ml Curacao liqueur,
20 ml lime syrup
20 ml of vodka,
5 ml lemon juice
champagne,
7-8 ice cubes.
Preparation:
Fill the mixing bowl with ice cubes, add lemon juice, liquor, vodka and lime syrup, cover and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Then pour through a strainer into a pre-chilled glass and top up with champagne. Use boiled water to make clear ice cubes.
Bon appetit and romantic mood!
Larisa Shuftaykina
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Valentine's Day is a very special holiday. Not only because he sings our everything - sincere love of two hearts. He also gives an excellent reason to cook something unusual, pleasantly surprise your loved ones. On this day, everyone becomes a culinary specialist - women and men, many couples create in the kitchen together in order to arrange a romantic evening. Isn't this the perfect setting to try new recipe for Valentine's Day?
So what to cook on this holiday? Baked fish or tender chicken in the oven. You can make heart-shaped pizza, vegetable sauté, fries, aromatic seafood skewers on skewers.
Gentle morning: what to serve for breakfast on Valentine's Day
It's worth starting with a morning surprise. It is very pleasant when a man does it. Yes, not all representatives of the strong half are versed in complex recipes... But there are salutaries for them simple types dishes on February 14:
- Classic scrambled eggs. It can be made in the form of a heart - there are special silicone molds and even frying pans. All you need to do is gently break the egg and lightly salt it. Or another option: cut out the heart in a large piece of bread, fry the toast on one side, turn over and pour the egg into the prepared "bed". It turns out very romantic. This is how you can prepare a classic fried egg or a nutritious omelet.
- If your significant other doesn't eat eggs or just prefers light breakfasts, give her a curd declaration of love. Cottage cheese should be mixed with sour cream, add 2 teaspoons of sugar per 100 g, form a heart and pour jam on top or sprinkle with grated chocolate. Very gentle and helpful.
- If there are heart shapes at home different sizes, they can be used for simple canapes from sausage, cucumber and tomato. Or take a sausage, cut in half, fold the two halves to make a heart, and fasten with a toothpick.
An apple with a "heart" insert looks very romantic. Take 2 apples - red and green. Cut on their sides along the heart. The size should be the same, if possible, use the form better. Insert the red heart into green apple and green into red.
A selection of salads for Valentine's Day
On holiday dinner or dinner already needs a serious culinary creation. It's worth starting with salads. The selections contain a whole series of salad recipes for the Valentine's Day menu with eloquent names a la Secret Passion, First Love, Tenderness, etc. Here are some examples.
Salad "Tenderness of a young man in love" is prepared:
- from canned tuna(240 g);
- hard cheese(150 g);
- 1 carrot;
- 1 juicy apple;
- 3 eggs;
- mayonnaise (you can cook it yourself, you need 80 g).
Boil carrots and eggs, peel the apple, rub the cheese. It is laid out in layers (again, you can form a symbol - a heart): first tuna, then grated eggs, grated carrots, applesauce and cheese. All layers are superimposed with a net of mayonnaise. The salad is infused for at least 2 hours.
If you want to add brightness, you can take the Ardent Passion salad recipe. It is also flaky, so it should be cooked in advance (2-3 hours before dinner). We take:
- 100 g ham;
- 2 eggs;
- 100 g pineapple rings (canned);
- 100 g of hard cheese (parmesan, mozzarella);
- 100 g of canned corn;
- 80 g mayonnaise.
This salad is more convenient to eat from small dishes - bowls or salad bowls. You only need to cook eggs. Layer order: corn - eggs - small cubes of ham - pineapple strips - grated cheese. Everything is smeared with mayonnaise, cream or yogurt.
Romance with health benefits: Passionate Italian salad
If salads with mayonnaise are a little tired after the New Year, prepare a vitamin "bomb" with olive oil, Italian cheese and spices. This is a joint Franco-Italian cuisine, although the name "Passionate Italian" is silent about the participation of Provencal herbs.
And so what you need:
- 150 g mozzarella;
- 2 large tomatoes or 5-6 small cherry blossoms;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil;
- salad, 3 leaves;
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar;
- ¼ teaspoons of Provencal herbs;
- salt to taste.
From contact with metal, vegetables lose half of the useful elements, therefore it is very large to cut the ingredients. It is advisable to tear the salad with your hands. Coarsely chop the cheese and tomatoes, tear the salad, mix it all. The sauce should be prepared 30-60 minutes before dressing. To do this, mix the vinegar with oil and herbs. Salt should be salted before serving.
Sweet moments of love: dessert for February 14
What kind of romance can there be without sweets? Of course, dessert on this special day should be given the utmost attention. The most popular solutions are chocolate-covered strawberries, heart cookies, (in this case, confessions).
If you want to be original, you can take hotter dishes. For example, a flaming (literally) banana romantic dessert for Valentine's Day. It will require:
- 4 bananas;
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of butter;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of sugar;
- 2 oranges;
- 0.5 lemon;
- 50 g of brandy.
Bananas should be cut in half (lengthwise). Butter - melt in a portioned pan (in which the dish will be served). V melted butter put bananas and fry a little on both sides (1-3 minutes).
We remove bananas from separate dishes, and add sugar to their butter, after 2-4 minutes (when caramel is obtained) - juice of oranges and lemon. All this together languishes on medium heat for 7-8 minutes. Then return the bananas with the sauce, pour the cognac on top, set it on fire and serve immediately. The light in the room should be dimmed to make the effect even brighter.
Coolness for hot hearts
Let it be cold February outside the window, but don't the hearts of love burn with a bright flame? In order not to burn out in feelings ahead of time, it is worth slightly "cool" them. To prepare it, take:
- a bag of vanilla;
- 100 g sugar;
- a bar of dark chocolate (200 g);
- 200 g cream;
- gelatin (pack).
Dissolve the gelatin, add sugar, vanilla, cream. We mix everything well and put it in special molds overnight. Before serving dessert to romantic dinner melt or grind the chocolate and add ice cream balls (hearts, tubes). It turns out very tender and tasty.
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Surprise and delight your loved one on February 14th not only with gifts, but also with a delicious treat. The article offers you ideas for decorating and preparing a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day.
It is customary to celebrate the holiday of "all lovers" not only with gifts, valentines, congratulations and declarations of love, but also delicious treats, sweets, beautiful breakfasts and romantic dinners. Holiday symbol - heart, which is present literally in everything: postcards, gift wrapping, balls, decorations and, of course, food!
Any dish can be prepared for your "second half" and put it on a plate aesthetically (in the shape of a heart)... However, resourceful cooks came up with not only a beautiful design of dishes, but also their original preparation... So, with the help simple tips, you will be able to submit unusual breakfast than surprise and please your loved one.
Ideas unusual dishes and treats:
The easiest recipe is Hearty toast with jam or peanut butter... It is very simple to prepare them: first cut a heart out of a slice of bread with a knife, and then fry it in a toaster or in a frying pan without oil. Spread the finished toast with the selected jam and lay out beautifully on a plate. This dish is a must add a cup of coffee.
Valentine's Day Toast
If you are not good at cooking or you simply do not have time to prepare unusual dishes, you can go the easy way - just purchase heart-shaped bowls in advance... You can fill it with sweets, fruits or berries. This will not only "please the eye", but will also give your loved one pleasant emotions.
Moreover, such dishes can serve as a gift and be used in the future in everyday life.
Fruit salad Unusual presentation Almost any dish can be shaped into a heart. The most popular: spaghetti with sauce, pizza, sandwiches, various cereals and salads, snacks.
Heart shaped spaghetti and sauce 
Heart cut vegetable salad 
Mini pizza with various additives
Toast with scrambled eggs for the holiday Not only dishes can come to help you, but also special ones. kitchenware... V modern stores you can find unusual molds for cooking and frying eggs, which, instead of the usual one, will give the egg the shape of a heart.
Heart-shaped egg salad To cook pizza for valentines day very simple. You don't have to hiccup some special recipe, you can use any: usual, simple without yeast or yeast. As a basis, the same fit puff pastry , cut it out in advance so that the base takes the shape of a heart.
DIY heart-shaped pizza 
Simple homemade pizza with sausages If you are good at baking, then it can "play into your hands," as they say. You can congratulate your loved one with sweet cookies, delicious buns, sweets, marmalade and chocolates. A person can eat such treats all day, than to cheer himself up and get pleasant emotions.
Delicious baked goods heart shaped 
Simple shortbread with powder in the form of hearts 
Buns in the shape of a heart Valentine's Day romantic dinner menu
Romantic dinner is needed in order to bring loving hearts closer together, give them the magic of tender feelings and delight with joint moments. Romantic dinner should be beautiful and tasty... Do not cook a lot of dishes, because you should not overeat (you will need strength at night).
The best thing to do light salad and hearty dish from meat or fish, complemented by an unusual sauce. You can also add fruits and sweets, because they will certainly bring pleasure, while drinking wine or champagne... Fruit slices can be heart-shaped by sprinkling with powdered sugar through a sieve, and sweets are suitable pastries, cakes or chocolate candies- hearts.
IMPORTANT: Homemade romantic dinner will allow you to spend time profitably and not as expensive as in a restaurant. You can cook any food, play a movie about love and have a drink light alcoholic drink.
Homemade romantic dinner Ideas for a romantic dinner:
Fish salad heart-shaped canned tuna 
Hot snack with shrimps and cherry tomatoes for a romantic dinner 
Fancy salad with declarations of love for a holiday 
Romantic home-style dinner 
Fruit salad in half pineapple 
Spaghetti and salad for a romantic dinner 
Baked fish or a piece of meat for a romantic dinner IMPORTANT: When decorating a festive table for a romantic dinner, the main thing is not to be too lazy to decorate the table with elegant dishes and glasses, buy the necessary paraphernalia, candles and flowers.
Beautiful design romantic dinner 
Festive food and paraphernalia 
Simple but soulful dinner for two A dish such as sushi... This food is often present on the tables of modern couples for dinner, especially for a romantic one. To cook sushi and rolls you can do it yourself, but you can order at a restaurant. This is essential will save you time and effort.
Such food can be very decorate nicely on serving plates, lay out in the shape of a heart, or write the word in pieces. Besides, sushi and rolls- food made from seafood, which in turn has a very good effect on potency (like aphrodisiacs). This advantage of dining will allow the couple to have a very sensual night out.
Romantic dinner with Japanese cuisine
Sushi shaped like a heart on festive dinner
Rolls laid out in the shape of a heart 
Rolls for a festive romantic dinner Festive decoration table with rolls for a romantic dinner Salads for a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day
As stated, romantic dinner shouldn't be "heavy" and light salad- this is the best than you can feed your soul mate. Of course you can use a recipe for any holiday and everyday salad , the main thing is to present it in an unusual and solemn manner.
The most popular "romantic" salad is considered to be Caesar with chicken breast. The dish has many delicious ingredients, unusual sauce, freshness of vegetables and satiety. It goes well with white, red and sparkling wines.
You will need:
- Chicken breast- 2 pcs. (not large, can be replaced with a slice of turkey breast).
- Lettuce leaves- 1 bunch (can be replaced with leaves Chinese cabbage without hard part).
- Cherry tomatoes- 8-10 pcs. (can be replaced with any tomatoes, cut into small slices).
- Bread- 2 slices of white wheat loaf (useful for croutons).
- Boiled egg- 2 pcs. (can be replaced with several pieces. quail eggs, also boiled). You also need one raw yolk!
- Parmesan cheese- 100 g (can be replaced with "Grano Padano" or any cheese from the range of hard and fatty).
- Garlic- 1 clove
- Mustard- 1 tsp (if the mustard is spicy, you can use less, or replace with Dijon).
- Mayonnaise- 1 tbsp.
Preparation:
- First of all, one should prepare croutons: Cut the bread pulp into cubes and send to dry in the oven. Be careful not to burn them. The croutons can be sprinkled with salt beforehand.
- Chicken breast is rubbed with salt and pepper, it can be baked in the oven, fried in a pan, or boiled in water if you are not eating fried food... Be careful not to dry the breast. Cooked breast cool.
- At the bottom of the serving dish, lettuce leaves are laid out, or Peking cabbage without a hard part (head of cabbage).
- The chicken breast should be cut into slices and carefully laid on top of the leaves.
- Prepare the sauce: Combine mayonnaise, yolk, mustard and crushed garlic clove. Mix thoroughly. Pour the resulting sauce over the chicken pieces.
- Cut the cheese on a special grater with a knife into thin "ribbons". If the cheese crumbles, make a crumb and sprinkle on the meat. Even simple rubbing on coarse grater will do the same.
- Cherry tomatoes and eggs should be cut into halves and carefully spread over the entire plate with festive salad... The dish is ready!
Caesar Caprese salad in turn, it is distinguished by its simplicity of preparation and a set of simple ingredients. The salad looks visually like cheese and vegetable slicing... The salad is easy to eat, it goes well with any wines. Not “heavy” on the stomach and very tasty.
You will need:
- Mozzarella- 180 g (prepare the cheese yourself or buy it at the store. Choose small balls of mozzarella or baby mozzarella).
- Cherry tomatoes- 150-200 g (can be replaced with any other small tomatoes).
- Olives- 1 can (requires black olives without pits and additives).
- Olive oil- several tablespoons. for salad dressing.
- Mixture Italian herbs : dried basil, oregano, marjoram, etc.
Preparation:
- Mozzarella cut into slices
- The dry part of the leg is removed from the tomato, it is cut into slices to the size of the sliced cheese.
- On a serving dish, you can optionally put lettuce leaves, cheese and tomato are carefully laid out on top, alternating each other.
- The lined ingredients are garnished with black olives on top.
- Salad can be salted to taste (it is best to choose sea salt) and pour over with olive oil.
- On top of the salad, sprinkle with seasoning from natural dry "Italian" herbs.
- Garnish with green basil leaves
Caprese Nicoise salad Is a delicious and hearty dish, perfect for a romantic evening. It is not difficult to prepare it.
You will need:
- Canned tuna- 1 can (if you have fresh fish, replace with lightly fried tuna).
- Black olives- handful
- Anchovies- 50 g. (810 pcs. Is quite enough)
- Green beans- 100-150 g.
- Egg- 2 pcs. (You can use chicken or quail. Depending on preference).
- A tomato- several pieces. "Cherry" or one regular
- Lettuce leaves for decorating a serving dish
- Onion- 5 g of green onion feathers
- Garlic- 1 clove
- Olive oil(for refueling) and 2 tbsp. wine vinegar.
IMPORTANT: Before you start preparing a salad, you must already have a prepared sauce. To do this, combine olive oil, vinegar, garlic and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- The serving dish is covered with lettuce leaves
- Boil eggs and green beans in advance
- Chop or lick onion feathers on lettuce leaves. Drizzle with a couple of tablespoons of the sauce.
- Eggs and tomatoes are cut into slices, along with olives are laid out in a circle of a plate.
- Place a pile of green beans in the center of the plate.
- The tuna can is opened and the oil is drained. Neat, not in large pieces fish is laid out on top of the beans.
- Place a few anchovy fish on top of the tuna.
- The dish is sprinkled with sauce before serving.
Nicoise Hot dishes for a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day
IMPORTANT: A romantic dinner assumes that you will prepare original and unusual dishes with which you can surprise and please your soul mate.
Duck breast in caramel sauce:
You will need:
- Large chicken breast - 2 pcs. (for two servings)
- Soy sauce- 1 bottle of 250 ml.
- Natural honey- 2 tbsp.
- Garlic- 3 teeth
- Lemon- half citrus
- Pickling spices to taste
- For decor ready meal you can use black olives, grapes or capers (whichever you prefer), as well as fresh herbs.
Preparation:
- The breast is cleaned of excess films and fat, part of the skin should be left so that a beautiful crispy crust appears on it when frying.
- Make the sauce to marinate the breast: in a bowl, combine soy sauce with the juice of half a lemon, add pepper to taste (ground or mixture), squeeze out the garlic and add liquid honey. Stir the sauce and place the coarsely diced duck into it.
- The breast should be marinated for at least an hour.
- Then chop the pan. Fry meat without oil. The remaining fat layer on the duck will release the necessary lard for frying.
- Fry the pieces of meat for about 5 minutes, while doing this, do not forget to shake the pan or turn the pieces over to the other side with a spoon.
- After cooking, place the pieces of meat on serving bowls. Add a small amount of marinade to the remaining fat in the pan, melt it and wait until it thickens. The sauce should be cooked for no more than three minutes.
- Pour the prepared sauce over the meat
- Decorate the dish with berries or olives, decorate with herbs before serving.
Caramelized duck breast Dorada in the oven with vegetables:
You will need:
- A fish- 2 pcs. (dorada or any other, not too large fish, for example carp).
- A tomato- 2 pcs. (medium size)
- Onion- 1 PC. large onion
- Pepper- 1 PC. sweet (any)
- Olive oil or any vegetable oil(several tablespoons).
- Sea salt (to taste)
- Garlic- 1 clove
Preparation:
- The onion should be cut into neat and not thick half rings.
- After that, start cooking the fish. Remove the eyes and entrails of the fish, thoroughly wash the carcass with the cut belly.
- In the cut belly, put the tomato sliced into wedges, half of the fried onions and a few rings of pepper. Add garlic.
- The fish is poured with a small amount of oil, it should be pepper and salt is added (it is possible in a small amount, to taste).
- Place the fish on a baking sheet and place in the oven.
- The fish is baked for half an hour, while the oven temperature should be about 200 degrees.
Baked gilthead Snacks for a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day
Snacks for a romantic dinner can serve a complete dish, because they can include a wide variety of ingredients: cheese, vegetables, fruits, meat. They must be beautifully decorated, prepared canapes or tartlets.
Fish salad in small portions with red caviar: beautiful presentation
Miniature Caprese salad on skewers as an appetizer 
Jellied meat with cheese and vegetables: appetizer 
Vegetable skewers with boiled shrimps 
Sandwiches with caviar and olives 
Fresh salad with tomato and cheese for a snack 
Cheese canapes with nuts and grapes 
Baked cheese tartlets: appetizer 
Mini canapes for a romantic dinner 
Puff pastry appetizer with tomato The best snack for a romantic dinner is cheese fondue... A fondue is a candle-heated pot that contains cheese sauce... Using skewers or special forks, string any piece of slices (ham, vegetables, nuts, potatoes, shrimps, croutons) and dip in hot sauce.
Cheese fondue Sweets for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner
Sweets play a very important role for the "holiday of all lovers". They ask good mood , delight with their taste, complement a romantic dinner. It is not at all necessary to cook sweets on your own, because any confectionery shop certainly offers for the holiday great amount desserts and goodies.
You can choose a sweetness for every taste: chocolates, heart-shaped cakes, iced cookies, gingerbread cookies with artistic painting, cakes, truffles, marmalade, jelly and much more. By purchasing a dessert, you will, of course, save your personal time to prepare for the holiday.
IMPORTANT: Modern housewives often offer homemade cakes for sale. Cakes, muffins, muffins and handmade gingerbread cookies with painted glaze, marzipan and sugar figurines are very popular.
Holiday muffins 
Cupcakes with marzipan and mastic 
Glazed cookies 
Heart-shaped caramel lollipops 
Gingerbread with painted glaze 
Cakes for February 14 
Heart-shaped macaroons 
Homemade cookies on February 14 If you are slimming or just don’t want to buy holiday sweets in the store, you can do fruit cuts with berries. You can decorate such a cut with fresh mint leaves, powdered sugar, cinnamon and melted chocolate.
IMPORTANT: It is very popular as a dessert on February 14 chocolate fondue... You can dip banana, orange, strawberry, kiwi, pineapple in it. If you don't want hot fondue, chocolate covered strawberries can be prepared ahead of time.
Chocolate fondue 
Chocolate covered strawberries 
Chocolate covered strawberries with chocolate and nut crumbs Baking for a romantic Valentine's Day dinner
To cook sweet pastries for Valentine's Day is quite realistic with your own hands. It is in your power to make delicious pastries and cakes from biscuit and cream. It is very easy to make a delicious and fluffy sponge cake.
You will need:
- Sugar- 1 glass (measured). If you are slimming, use less sugar.
- Flour- 1 glass (coarse and top grade, replace with any other if desired).
- Eggs- 4 things. large chicken
- Salt- pinch
Preparation:
- Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Pour the whites into a separate bowl and beat with a mixer (blender) with a small pinch of salt for 5-10 minutes. You should get lush foam- this is the key to a good biscuit.
- After that, gradually add sugar and continue beating until you get it. elastic protein mass.
- Without stopping whipping, add the yolks, gradually stir in the flour.
- Grease a baking sheet or deco, pour the dough. Bake a biscuit about 25 minutes at a temperature of 180-200 degrees. Check readiness with a toothpick.
IMPORTANT: You can make cakes or cake from the cooled biscuit by greasing the cakes with any cream (purchased or prepared yourself). If you want to bake chocolate biscuit, just add some cocoa to the dough.
Cake for February 14 You can also please your "soul mate" with a hand-cooked panna cotta (creamy or chocolate). Making it is not difficult and sugar, gelatin and cream.
Panna Cotta on February 14 
Sponge cake with hearts in chocolate glaze IMPORTANT: If you have a special waffle iron, you can bake delicious waffle hearts on February 14 and add any sauce to them.
Waffle hearts for February 14 Breakfast Ideas for February 14th - Valentine's Day
You can surprise your loved one in the morning by preparing him a delicious and unusual breakfast. It will be unusual only because you decorate it in an original way, adding the symbols of the holiday - heart.
Fried egg toast for a festive breakfast 
Fancy pancakes
Original breakfast Video: “SIMPLE BREAKFAST for St. Valentine "
