Want to let him (her) know your heart, in addition to the option of going to a Western restaurant together to taste the food, you can also make a sweet dinner for him (her) at home with your own hands. This special food for him (her), loaded with strong love, can certainly give him a surprise. Enjoy the dinner undisturbed under the candlelight, this Valentine's Day night only belongs to you and him/her.
Even if you only know how to cook instant noodles, it doesn't matter, here are some candlelight dinner recipes for you, to teach you how to make a candlelight dinner. In Western cuisine, the main dish certainly dominates, but without the right side dish as a partner, it is difficult to bring out the essence of the whole dish. If you know how to make spaghetti, and it is the kind of spaghetti bolognese stuffed with tomato and beef, it would be great if you can make spaghetti as a side dish is very common in western food, and the main dish with it is steak.
Side dish spaghetti recipe:
Ingredients: tomato sauce (preferably tomato salsa, in which case the flavor is not very acidic, and the texture will not be very raw), peeled and deseeded tomatoes (chopped), chopped onion, and minced garlic.
Practice: cook the pasta in salted water, then put it in cool water for a while, take a pan, put in the oil when it is hot (preferably olive oil, if not, just use normal frying oil), add onion, garlic and sauté the flavor, add tomato sauce and fresh tomato crushed, sautéed over a low heat, and then put in the cooked spaghetti and stir-fry evenly when the soup thickens. This is the side dish that goes with the steak. Simple it
Main dish black pepper steak practice:
Materials: steak (supermarket to buy a good slice of steak), salt, black pepper, butter, garlic, onion minced moderate
Practice: 1, steak cleaned and dried with kitchen paper, steak two full of uniformly smeared with the right amount of salt and black pepper, marinated for 10-20 minutes (marinated time should not be too long, otherwise the steak will be old). Too long, or the steak will be old); steak salt will seep out of the water, before frying and then dry the water. 2, put a little butter in the pan, heat, put the steak on high heat and fry for 50 seconds, turn and fry for another 40 seconds, turn the heat down and continue to fry for 20 seconds, turn over, until your favorite degree of rawness and doneness, sheng out. (At the beginning of the high heat is to be able to seal the steak's own moisture, so as not to fry the steak dry; frying time avoid using a spatula to press the steak) 3, the pan and then put a little butter (15g or so) hot, put the garlic, chopped onion burst incense, seasoned with a little salt, crushed black pepper (can be a little bit more), add a little water, high heat to boil, turn the heat down to coo, in the middle of the spatula can be used to draw a circle constantly until the soup is thick enough to be, and finally pour the black pepper sauce over the steak, then the steak is cooked. Finally, the black pepper sauce poured on the steak is done.
All that's left to do is to plate it up, garnish it with a few greens, some broccoli, and fry up a poached egg. In addition, you need to buy some bread, preferably French circle, who called France is the capital of romance it, learn, huh? Salad: Sweet Encounter
Ingredients: lettuce, crab meat, yuzu meat, strawberries. Toppings include olive oil, lemon juice, and a little honey.
Features: Crab meat is low-fat, olive oil is refreshing, and it is refreshing and healthy without adding too much seasoning.
How to make: 1. Pat or tear the crab meat and set aside.
2. Chop the lettuce and pomelo meat, mix with the crab meat and serve on a plate.
3. Pour the olive oil, lemon juice and a little honey together, mix well and pour over the salad.
4. Finally, take a strawberry and cut it into pieces for decoration.
Tip: You can go to the supermarket and buy ready-made crab cakes, thaw it, pat or tear it, and then sear it. If you can buy fresh crab in the market, it is better to steam the crab and then remove the crab meat and crumble it, the flavor of fresh crab meat will be much sweeter and fresher.
Spaghetti: love and affection
Materials: spaghetti (100g), 1 red bell pepper, 1 yellow bell pepper, fresh mushrooms, a few cherry tomatoes, a little shredded chicken. Seasonings are olive oil, salt, pepper.
Features: Spaghetti "yi yi tough", like a lingering love, will certainly make him (her) heart.
How to make it: 1. Bring the water to a boil, add half a teaspoon of salt, then put the spaghetti down to cook. Stir the spaghetti with chopsticks to prevent it from sticking together. Cook the spaghetti over low heat for about 12 minutes, until it is 90% cooked. Pick up a piece of spaghetti and cut it off; the center of the spaghetti is still slightly yellow, and the color of the outside is distinctly different from that of the spaghetti.
2. Cut the red and yellow bell peppers into several pieces, thinly slice the mushrooms, and cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
3. Add olive oil, a little salt and pepper, and sauté the red and yellow bell peppers, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes.
4. Add the shredded chicken and spaghetti, add the right amount of seasoning and stir fry together.
Tips: It is recommended to use imported Italian brand spaghetti. Fresh mushrooms can be bought in ordinary markets after spring and fall rains. Shredded chicken is hanging flavor, if you feel trouble can not add.
Main Course: Intense Honey
Ingredients: fish pieces (150g), red and yellow bell peppers, fresh mushrooms, cucumber, cream. Seasonings are olive oil, salt and pepper.
Features: Girls may worry that steak is too high in calories, and most of the steak in the supermarket is marinated, so making fish steak is much fresher and healthier.
How to do it: 1. Add olive oil, salt and pepper, and pan-fry the fish pieces until slightly golden. To find out if the fish is cooked, stick chopsticks into it. If it goes through easily without sticking, it's cooked.
2. Dice bell peppers and cucumber, and fry them in water or lightly in olive oil as a side dish.
3. Cook the fresh mushrooms with the cream, just until thickened, and pour the sauce over the fish pieces.
4. Sprinkle a few parsnips on the side of the plate as a garnish.
Tips: Fish can be bought in supermarkets, lobster, cod can be. You can also go to the market to buy sea bass, tell the fish seller to remove the scales and bones of the sea bass, and rise two pieces of fish fillet will be fine.
Dessert: Heart to Heart
Ingredients: Cream, strawberries
Features: This dessert is very simple, the strawberries have a lovely shape, just like a red heart, you will be able to "plumb" her.
How to make it: 1. Find a pretty vessel and put the washed strawberries in it. 2.
2. Add the right amount of sugar to the cream and whisk it with a mixer to make it thicker.
3. Put the whipped cream on top of the strawberries and make some decorations.
Tip: Instead of cream, you can also use fruit-flavored yogurt, which is lower in fat and tastes great. Just try to find a thicker yogurt when you choose, so that the shape is lovely.
The finishing touch
Wine, wine, flowers and candles
A romantic Valentine's Day dinner is as much about the atmosphere as it is about the food. How to create a dining environment full of Valentine's Day atmosphere? We have two tips for you. First of all, a romantic Valentine's Day dinner is not complete without a good wine, and the chef recommends the 2003 St. Laurent Saturne from Australia's Chateau Garonne, which is sweet and easy to please the girls.
Secondly, the table can be carefully arranged. Put a bouquet of flowers, let the table immediately brighten up. Napkin ring don't a rose, let her pick up the napkin when there is a kind of surprise. Table in the middle of some scented candles, the flavor should be light, in the candlelight if not the fragrance slowly spread out. Tablecloths must be chosen right, a little lace, or simply pink, not cheesy and full of love. Finally, good tableware is very important, nicked or faded tableware is never tolerated, tableware should not only be clean, if some chic shape or pattern, must be able to add a lot of points. Soup: cream of mushroom soup, beetroot soup
Salad: mixed salad, fruit salad
Main course: beef with tomato, shrimp with cream and garlic, pan-fried pork chop, grilled steak
Main course: pasta with Italian beef, garlic bread Gazpacho: tri-colored egg or broccoli or sugar tomato or fish and anchovy tail, simple enough, and good-looking (choose one)
Hot dish: seafood assortment The best way to make the most of your time is to have a good time with your friends and family, and to have a good time with them. Much better. (Choose any two)
Snacks: leek cakes, honey pancakes, vegetable pancakes, siu mai, etc. (Choose any one)
Soup: you can boil chicken and duck, but I like light soups, such as mushroom soup, which is a lot of mushrooms cooked together
Desserts: pearl dumplings in wine, silver ear soup, etc. (Choose any one)
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