Valentine's Day is a day to bring your love to express and celebrate the spirit of love. And then there's a romantic way to have a great valentines meal.
Here are some recipes you can prepare for Valentine's Day in this special day:
1. Victorian Gingerbread Valentines
Ingredients:
- 2 1 / 2 cups unsifted flour
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 1 / 2 teaspoon ginger
- 1 / 2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 / 4 teaspoon salt
- 1 / 2 cup margarine
- 1 / 2 cup packed darkbrown sugar
- 1 / 3 cup dark corn syrup
- 1 large egg
Directions:
- In large bowl, sift together flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt.
- Melt the margarine and mix the brown sugar until fluffy. Add the corn syrup and egg well. Add the dry ingredients, about one third at a time, stirring until smooth after each addition. Chill dough for one hour.
- Roll out half the dough on a lightly floured surface to one quarter of an inch thick. (Mezzo reserve for decoration or otherfor a second batch of cookies.)
The use - from heart-shaped cookie cutter, press cookie shapes or knife used to cut a pattern. Place hearts on cookie sheet. Decorate as desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool on wire rack.
Store in covered container.
2. Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 / 2 cup shortening
- 1 1 / 2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- Food coloring 2 ounces Red
- 2 tablespoonsCocoa - heaping
- 2 1 / 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring (if desired)
Frosting
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup butter (not margarine, you can see the difference in taste).
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Directions:
- Reduction cream, sugar and eggs. Make aColored paste and cocoa and mix.
- Salt and flour with buttermilk and vanilla. Alternatively, add baking soda and vinegar and beat not only blend. Bake in two greased 9-inch pan (and flour) for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. To make the levels are divided into four.
Glaze:
- Dick Cook flour and milk over low heat until. Allow to cool (I have until light and fluffy in the freezer for this.) Cream sugar, butter and vanilla.
- The flour-milk mixture. Beat until the mixture isWhipped cream. Spread on layers. Sprinkle with nuts if desired
3. Mock Pink Lady
Ingredients:
- 1 1 / 2 cup of milk, homogenized
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon grenadine
- 1 tablespoon sugar, ice cubes granular
Directions:
- Measure the milk, lemon juice, grenadine, sugar and ice cubes in blender.
- Blend until ice is gone. Serve immediately.
4. Passion Fruit Mimosa Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chilledChampagne
- Chilled 1 / 2 cup passion fruit juice
Directions:
- Divide between 2 Champagne flutes and each crowned with passion fruit juice.
5. Peaches Spiced Red Wine
Ingredients:
- 2 large peaches
- 1 / 2 cup dry red wine
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 / 8 teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions:
- Blanch the peaches in a medium pot of boiling water 30 seconds. Transfer to bowl of cold water with a slotted spoon.
- Drag Peel, withsmall sharp knife. Pit and slice peaches. Peaches transfer medium bowl.
- In all other ingredients, peaches and stir to dissolve sugar.
Refrigerator for at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, before serving.
