February 14: recipes for a romantic dinner

Nearing new for our country, but has already become one of the favorite calendar days holiday - Valentine's Day on February 14. How to please your mate, what dishes to prepare for a romantic dinner?

Valentine's Day - a lovely holiday, worthy to win a firm place in our holiday calendar. After all, it is a holiday of love, tenderness, light, kindness and goodness, which is dedicated to everything a most remarkable. Perhaps that is why he is so well take root in various countries around the world.

About the appearance of the holiday, there are several versions. On one of them on Valentine's Day has transformed the festival, which was held in ancient Rome - Lupercalia (festival of female fertility), when he, like other pagan holidays, banned after the establishment of Christianity in Rome. According to another version February 14 - this is the day of death of the priest Valentine, who was executed on this day in 269g. because secretly crowned couples when it was forbidden to marry by the decree of Emperor Claudius II. Be that as it may, the festival is celebrated in Europe since the Middle Ages, after a romantic Valentine's Day gave the English writer Geoffrey Chaucer in his poem "Bird Parliament", which stated that it was February 14 birds begin their search for the pair.

The celebration of Valentine's Day today is hard to imagine not only without valentines and gifts, but without a romantic dinner. Some couples go to restaurants and cafes, and others wanting to spend dinner in more privacy, stay at home, cook together or organizing a dinner before the arrival of the second half with the work. Our article - for the latter, those who prefer to celebrate February 14 at home, just the two.

What to cook for February 14, than to please a loved one?

A dish served on a romantic dinner, there are a few simple requirements: they must be easy, delicious and helps create a romantic mood. To put it bluntly - Choose the best dishes, recipes that use products aphrodisiacs: asparagus, seafood, avocado, herbs, vanilla, chocolate, dates, ginger, eggs, mushrooms, etc.

Called aphrodisiac foods that increase libido due to the presence in their composition in a large amount of zinc and selenium (contribute to the production of testosterone), vitamins A, B1, C, E (they contribute to the production of hormones, relieves fatigue), proteins and fatty acids, which serve as sources energy. Similar products named in honor of the goddess Aphrodite.

We have tried to make a romantic dinner menu of the easiest and simple products, without expensive or difficult ingredients, but with a maximum presence of products aphrodisiac.

For the main course for a romantic dinner is better to take fish or seafood. Pork, beef and other meats - it is certainly tasty, but too heavy for the body, which after an hour or so you need to make romantic exploits. Therefore, we propose two options for the main course - fish and seafood.

The main dish of fish: trout recipe with goat cheese and pears

You will need: 800g trout, 200ml cream 33%, 1 lemon and onion, 1/3 cup dry white wine 3 tablespoons olive oil, cayenne pepper, sea salt, for garnish - 500g solid goat cheese (feta or other.), 4 pears meeting,? cup dry white wine, olive herbs, olive oil, black pepper powder.

How to cook trout with pears and cream. Portioned slices of fillet of trout, or use the steaks. Cover the foil pan so that the fish could even cover it from above. Grease the foil with oil, lay the fish, sprinkle lemon juice 0.5, pepper and salt, sprinkle with lemon peel, wrap tightly foil and bake for 15 min in a preheated oven 220gradusov. In a frying pan heat the oil and fry the minced onion, pour the remaining juice of half a lemon, wine, salt, and pour the cream and 2 minutes to extinguish. Cover the foil round baking dish, grease, put coarsely chopped pears on top - sliced cheese, pour the wine, season with herbs, cover the top with foil, bake 15 min in a preheated oven 200gradusov. Serve the fish garnished with pears and cheese, cooked watering cream sauce.

The main seafood dish: pasta recipes with tuna and squid

You will need: 250g colored paste (or pasta, bows, shells or other. To taste) 150g marinated squid, 100 g cream 35% 70g hard cheese, 1 can of tuna, canned in sobst. juice, 1 beam coriander and cloves of garlic, olive oil, pepper, salt.

How to cook pasta with tuna and squid. According to the instructions on the package to boil pasta. In a skillet heat the oil, put crushed garlic clove and warm up the flavor. In the bowl of a blender mix tuna with cilantro and cream, add chopped squid, stir. In pasta ready to pour garlic oil, mix well. On a fine grater rub cheese, pasta mixed with a mixture of tuna and squid, put in a dish, sprinkle with cheese.

You can cook on the hot skewers of salmon and other dishes from your favorite species of fish, squid, shrimp, etc. - The choice is yours! Well, we get to snack.

Hot appetizer: Recipe baked stuffed tomatoes

You will need: 4 tomatoes and chicken egg yolks raw, hard cheese, parsley, garlic, olive oil, a mixture of peppers, salt.

How to cook baked stuffed tomatoes. Cheese rub on a coarse grater, mix with through the press garlic and raw egg yolks, pepper and salt, add the chopped herbs and mix again. Cover the baking sheet with foil, grease it with oil. With tomatoes cut top, gently remove the seeds with a spoon, pour in the tomatoes cooked cheese-yolk filling, cover with lids cut, bake in a preheated 180 degree oven for 25min.

Cold appetizer: salad recipe with seafood and avocado

You will need: 60g seafood (sea shrimp cocktail, calamari and mussels), 20g olive oil 10g of soy sauce, 1 avocado, red and yellow cherry tomatoes? stalk leek, 1 tsp lemon juice, white pepper powder, salt.

How to cook seafood salad and avocado. Seafood Cocktail wash, boil, down to 5 min in boiling water, dry. If large seafood - chop finely. Peel and cut into medium dice avocado, chop leek rings arbitrarily chop the tomatoes. All the ingredients are mixed, add mixed with lemon juice and soy sauce olive oil, pepper and mix well.

You can add a salad instead of refined avocado green apple - diced, it should be sprinkled with lemon and sprinkle with sugar and leave for 15-20min and then later put in a salad. You can also add to the salad lettuce and other vegetables to taste.

Options for light and tasty snacks that are suitable for application to a romantic dinner, a lot of - use your favorite foods couples, and dinner be sure you will be impressed. We move on to dessert.

Desserts for dinner on 14 February is better to choose chocolate, because namely c