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FAMED APHRODISIAC INGREDIENTS AND TANTALISING FLAVOURS ARE KEY TO THIS MOSTLY MAKE-AHEAD MENU FOR SWEETHEARTS.

Everyone knows the way to true love is via the stomach, and this menu is a traffic-free highway for sweethearts. Most recipes can be made ahead so there’s extra time for whispering sweet nothings. They’re impressive yet simple dishes: I have a vision that a gentleman who doesn’t often cook might make this meal for his beloved, and therefore it should be achievable for an infrequent cook.

  • SPICED APPLE LIQUEUR
    Anyone can pop a cork but only special people create a bespoke liqueur for their sweetheart. Gently spiced, fragrant and honey-sweet, this mellow tipple works as both aperitif and digestif.
  • PRAWNS, WASABI PANNA COTTA AND YUZU SAUCE
    The smooth creaminess of panna cotta and the tender sweetness of prawns are sharpened with tart yuzu juice and wasabi to create a wonderfully balanced entree which is easy to make ahead of time.
  • HEARTS ENTWINED LOAF
    Fun to make, enchanting to serve and lovely to eat, this brioche-style bread is an all-round win. Making the interlocking heart shapes can be a little challenging but who said the path of true love should run smooth?
  • PARMESAN-CRUSTED LAMB CUTLETS, CREAMED SPINACH AND SMASHED SPUDS
  • CHOCOLATE LOVE CAKE WITH TURKISH DELIGHT JELLY
Hot Tips

Keep the table setting restrained: you’ll be gazing into each other’s eyes anyway. Mood lighting will help the Liqueur and the Turkish delight jelly gleam even more seductively, so go with classic candles or dial down the dimmers.

Take your time cooking the cutlets, turning carefully to keep the crumb intact.

TO SERVE:

Bookend this meal with the Spiced apple liqueur then put it away for another occasion. Every time you drink it, you’ll remember this lovely meal. Continue with the Panna cotta and have the Loaf on the table as a decorative feature to nibble with both savoury courses. Wrap up dinner with the Love cake, laced with legendary aphrodisiac ingredients, before wrapping your loved one in your arms.

Make Ahead

1 WEEK OR MORE
Liqueur

3 DAYS
Turkish delight jelly for the Love cake

2 DAYS
Panna cotta and yuzu sauce for the Prawns

DAY BEFORE
Love cake

SAME DAY
Loaf, Lamb cutlets

Hot Tips

Keep the table setting restrained: you’ll be gazing into each other’s eyes anyway. Mood lighting will help the Liqueur and the Turkish delight jelly gleam even more seductively, so go with classic candles or dial down the dimmers.

Take your time cooking the cutlets, turning carefully to keep the crumb intact.

TO SERVE:

Bookend this meal with the Spiced apple liqueur then put it away for another occasion. Every time you drink it, you’ll remember this lovely meal. Continue with the Panna cotta and have the Loaf on the table as a decorative feature to nibble with both savoury courses. Wrap up dinner with the Love cake, laced with legendary aphrodisiac ingredients, before wrapping your loved one in your arms.

Make Ahead

1 WEEK OR MORE
Liqueur

3 DAYS
Turkish delight jelly for the Love cake

2 DAYS
Panna cotta and yuzu sauce for the Prawns

DAY BEFORE
Love cake

SAME DAY
Loaf, Lamb cutlets

SET THE MOOD FOR YOUR PROGRESSIVE DINNER EVENT WITH DANI’S SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS

The music for your Romantic rendevous is loving but not soppy – it’s more ‘woo, baby, you’re amazing’ than ‘oh darling, let me stare into the limpid pools of your eyes’. So, we’ve got a bit of jazz and Crazy Love from Van Morrison, plus lots of female voices before getting jiggy with old smoothies Barry White and Al Green.

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