Thinking through the menu for a romantic dinner, it is necessary to take into account several recommendations that will help not only make the meal delicious, but also make the atmosphere of the evening unique.
When choosing dishes, do not dwell on options that will take a lot of time for their preparation. The hours spent at the stove are unlikely to contribute to the romantic mood of the hostess.
Recipes should be simple, light and at the same time original. Do not cook too high-calorie, too sharp and salty foods, as well as containing an excessive amount of garlic, onions and other strong-smelling ingredients.
Next, we will offer several variations of dishes for a romantic dinner and tell you how to properly decorate and serve them on the table.
What can I quickly prepare for a romantic dinner for two as a snack?
The ideal snack for a romantic dinner at home will be a light, beautifully designed salad that you can optionally add to a slice of baked in the oven meat or fish serving as the main dish in the romantic menu. For seafood lovers, snacks with their participation will be particularly appropriate, as it has long been known that the inhabitants of the seas are the best aphrodisiacs and their use will only be beneficial.
One of the most successful salad compositions is the Caesar salad in its various variations. Depending on the taste preferences of the participants of the evening, it can be made classical, with chicken or shrimp, with or without mushrooms or cherry tomatoes, and also use a different dressing.
Below is the recipe of the classic Caesar, using which you can create your own version of a salad, replacing some components with others to your taste.
Caesar salad for a romantic dinner
Ingredients:
- chicken breast (fillet) - 340 g;
- salad romano or iceberg - to taste;
- Parmesan - 110 g;
- white baguette or loaf - 245 g;
- egg chicken fresh - 1 pc .;
- cherry tomatoes - 5 pcs .;
- cloves garlic - 3 pieces;
- mustard granular - 5-7 g;
- olive oil without fragrance - 145 ml;
- white wine vinegar - 40 ml;
- salt iodized stone and ground mixture of peppers - to taste.
Preparation
A little olive oil poured into a frying pan, fry in it crushed garlic teeth, then add bread cubes and let them brown with stirring.
Chicken fillet season with pepper, salt and olive oil and give a little promarinovatsya. After that, put the breast in a frying pan and let it brown and fry for a few minutes on each side. After cooling, cut the meat into slices of medium size.
For refilling, cooked soft-boiled for a minute and peeled the egg with olive oil, mustard and wine vinegar, add the peeled garlic clove and punch the ingredients to homogeneity, salt and pepper in the process to taste.
Lettuce leaves are rinsed, dried, torn and mixed in a bowl with chicken, ground Parmesan and crackers. Dress salad with sauce and add half of cherry.
Dessert for a romantic dinner
It is not superfluous to have a dessert at a romantic dinner. It should be necessarily delicious, fragrant, easy, just prepare and effectively look on the table, pleasing the eye. The most acceptable culinary compositions in this case will be a variety of fruit salads dressed with yogurt, fruit juices or cocktails, as well as light dainties based on dairy products.
Ingredients:
- halves of grapes - 225 g;
- cubes of kiwi and pears - for 175 g;
- watermelon balls - 145 g;
- yoghurt - 40 g;
- Vanilla, powdered sugar, cinnamon - to taste.
Preparation
Kremenki or glasses for the supply of dessert or a cocktail can be decorated with a sugar edge, lowering the rim of the container first into syrup, and then into granulated sugar.
Yogurt before adding to the delicacy must be supplemented with vanilla sugar and cinnamon, and then beat to splendor. All the fruits are placed in beautifully decorated kremanki, season with yogurt and put in the refrigerator before serving.
Decorating the table for a romantic dinner, try to use plain tablecloths, napkins and cutlery, and do not forget to light the candles and choose a bottle of good wine in advance.