The perfect dinner for lovers: recipes from Evgeny Klopotenko

Valentine's Day is becoming more and more popular. And no wonder, because it's – a great opportunity to please your soulmate. Many people prefer to spend this evening alone with their loved one and organize a romantic dinner at home. But then the question arises: what to cook?

Estet-portal.com offers you the idea of ​​a wonderful dinner of four easy-to-cook dishes from a well-known culinary expert, gastronomic experimenter and founder of Gastromasterskaya Confiture; Evgenia Klopotenko.

Romantic dinner at home: fresh ideas

Grilled beetroot and avocado salad

1. Wine sauce. Pour the wine into a small saucepan, add the fillets of half an orange, the juice of 1 orange, and the zest of ¼ fruit. Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is reduced by half.
2. Wash the beets, peel, cut into thin slices and fry in a grill pan first without oil, and when the vegetable slices are fried on both sides, add a little vegetable oil.
If you don't have a grill pan, you can cook the vegetables in a regular pan with a little vegetable oil, or bake them.
3. Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit, peel and cut into slices.
4. According to the same principle, fry the grill in a frying pan, adding a little oil.
A couple of minutes on each side is enough.
5. Serving the dish. Put the beets on a plate, then the avocado slices, the remaining orange fillet and pour over the sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.


Pasta with rabbit and olives

Cooking method

1. Cut the flesh from the carcass of the rabbit (or paws). Boil the pasta as directed on the package, but 1 minute less. Drain in a colander and rinse with cold water.
2. Fry the meat with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) until golden brown.
3. Season to taste with salt and pepper, add (optional) minced garlic and white wine. Let it evaporate a little, add the broth (or the water in which the pasta was boiled).
4. Add cooked pasta to the pan, mix thoroughly, after 1 minute. Pour in the cream and simmer for 1 more minute.
After that, add olives and simmer another 1– 2 minutes.
5. Arrange on plates

Chicken Breast with Lemon Ginger Glaze

 

Cooking method

1. Mix grated

ginger root, ½ lemon, 2 tbsp. l. sugar and salt. Put the breast in a bowl, evenly distribute the marinade and leave for 15 minutes. 2. Cut orange into circles, put in a saucepan, add ½ lemon and 1 tbsp. Sahara. Bring to a boil over low heat and continue cooking until the glaze thickens.
3. Fry the breast until golden brown and transfer to a baking dish (or baking sheet), pour over the oil on which it was fried and marinade (several tablespoons). Cook 25 – 30 minutes at 180°C.
4. When ready, serve on a pillow of orange.

Creamy mousse with raspberry culie

A romantic dinner at home is the perfect finishing touch to a delicate dessert that is very easy to prepare and does not require baking.

Cooking method

1. Place the raspberries in a small saucepan, add the grated ginger root and sugar, bring the mixture to a boil. Then cook over low heat for another 5 minutes. Grind through a sieve and let the raspberry kuli cool down.

2. Whip the cream thoroughly with the sugar.
3. Mint leaves chop and mix with cream.
4. Put a layer of cream on the bottom of the container of a glass or other container, then a raspberry culie and again cream. Refrigerate for at least an hour. Decorate with mint.

These dishes will make your romantic dinner at home unforgettable. As you can see, cooking gourmet meals can be an exciting activity that does not require special skills and a lot of time.

Thanks to Yevgeny Klopotenko for interesting recipes and the philosophy of "Cooking – it's just».

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