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8 simple recipes for a romantic dinner

By Thomas PlummerPosted on Posted in Cooking

Want to impress and prepare a nice dinner without spending a lot of money? You can make something tasty with just a few ingredients, if you are patient and creative when you enter the kitchen!

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We have made a smart selection of main dishes created by Tastemade to create a romantic dinner at your home:

Parmegiana Steak stuffed with cheese

People who like cheese usually like cheese a LOT, so if your partner for this romantic dinner is crazy about this ingredient she will love the mixture of cheese in the filling of a classic parmegiana steak. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 1 topside steak
  • Salt to taste
  • Chili pepper to taste
  • 30g cooked ham
  • 80g grated mozzarella cheese
  • Baking flour
  • 2 beaten eggs
  • Baking flour
  • Oil for frying
  • Tomato Sauce

Directions

Place the steak on a board and season it with salt and pepper. Then, place the ham, 40g of cheese and join the ends of the steak, closing it. Carefully pass it in the flour, in the beaten egg and lastly in the breadcrumbs and fry it in hot oil. Arrange it in a baking dish, cover it with tomato sauce and the rest of the grated mozzarella and bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20minutes.

Beef jerky Escondidíssimo

An escondidinho of dried beef is a delicious and practical alternative for a main dish that is full of flavor and looks well prepared. Here's how to make it:

Ingredients

(Serves 6)

  • 500g cooked manioc
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 200g cream cheese
  • 200g dried beef (already desalted)

Directions

Mix the cooked, drained and room temperature maniocs. Add a teaspoon of salt, one egg yolk, a tablespoon of butter and mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. Knead the dough until it becomes homogeneous. Set aside. In a bowl, mix the dried beef and the cream cheese. Set aside.

Make small balls of dough and spread evenly on a cupcake dish. Fill with the mixture of jerked beef and cream cheese. Make a disk of dough to cover the filling and, with your fingers, secure the cover on the dough base. Drizzle egg yolk over the dough. Bake in a preheated oven at 230ºC for 25 minutes.

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Carbonara pasta with a touch of Sicilian lemon

Who doesn't like pasta, huh? Carbonara pasta is one of the most famous and easiest to make. To top it off, you can include a touch of Sicilian lemon and impress your girlfriend. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

  • 100g spaghetti
  • 50g bacon
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Sicilian lemon zest and juice

Directions:

Bring a pot of 2l water to a boil. chop the bacon very small. fry in a frying pan over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until crispy. add the garlic and turn off the heat. add the lemon zest as well. in a small bowl add the egg and the yolks. add the parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper. beat with a fork until smooth. when theWhen the water boils, add the pasta and cook for the time indicated on the package. When there is one minute left until the pasta is ready, turn the frying pan back on low heat. Drain the pasta and add it to the frying pan, turning off the heat. Mix it with the bacon and after one minute add the egg mixture, stirring well. Serve immediately.

Four-cheese risotto

Is your girlfriend vegetarian? No problem! You can make an amazing four-cheese risotto. If she's vegan, you can replace the cheeses with palm hearts! Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

  • 50g + 1 tablespoon butter
  • ½ onion cut into small cubes
  • 150g Arborio rice
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 400ml still hot vegetable broth
  • 30g gorgonzola cheese
  • 2 tablespoons of cream cheese
  • 50g diced mozzarella cheese
  • 1 sprig of rosemary, leafed out
  • 30g freshly grated parmesan

How to Prepare

In a pan, melt 50g of butter and saute the onion and rice. Add the white wine and stir until almost dry. Add the vegetable broth little by little, stirring constantly, until the rice is al dente. Add more if necessary. Add the gorgonzola cheese, the ricotta cheese, the mozzarella, the rosemary, and mix. Grate the parmesan cheese on top when serving.

Spaghetti all'Amatriciana

The name alone is quite impressive, isn't it? But this dish is very easy to make!

Ingredients

  • 200g spaghetti
  • ½ teaspoon calabrian pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 150g bacon
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • 1 can peeled tomatoes
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

How to Prepare

In a skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil and sauté the bacon for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until it begins to brown. Wet the skillet with the white wine and add the calabrian pepper. When the wine has evaporated, remove from the skillet and add the can of peeled tomatoes, kneading one by one with your hands. Cook for about 10 minutes,while you cook the spaghetti.

Cook the spaghetti in 2L of boiling salted water for the time indicated on the package. Drain and put in the frying pan with the tomatoes. Mix together and add the reserved bacon. Adjust the salt and black pepper and serve with freshly grated parmesan cheese.

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Meat with crispy crust

This recipe is almost a traditional empanado, but it's a little different. Here's how to make it:

Ingredients

  • 50g butter room temperature
  • 50g mustard
  • 2 sprigs of thyme, leafed out
  • 150g bread flour
  • 1 piece of 400g picanha
  • Salt to taste
  • Chili pepper to taste

How to Prepare

In a bowl, mix the butter, mustard, thyme, and bread flour. Set aside. Season the steak with salt and pepper. Cover the steak with the prepared paste and bake it in a preheated oven at 220 degrees C for 30 minutes. The steak should be medium-rare. To obtain a well-done point, leave it in the oven longer.

Lemon creamy chicken

This recipe is very light and easy to make, check it out:

Ingredient

  • 2 skinless and boneless chicken breasts
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • 1 cup of wheat flour
  • 1½ tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1¼ cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper
  • Juice of one lemon
  • One sliced lemon
  • Parsley
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Directions

On a board, cut the chicken breasts in half, horizontally. Season both sides with salt and pepper.

Coat the breast pieces with the flour, removing any excess. Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the butter and olive oil, stirring well to grease the surface. Place the chicken breasts in the skillet and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until golden brown.

Turn the chickens over and cook the other side, for another 3 to 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chickens from the pan and set aside.

Pour ¼ cup of chicken stock into the pan and dissolve any lumps that have remained on the bottom of the pan. Add the rest of the stock and stir well. Season with salt and pepper, then the lemon juice. Stir for 5 minutes. Add the chicken back to the pan and top with the lemon slices.

Pour the sauce over the chicken with a spoon. Remove from heat. The sauce will thicken as it cools. Serve with parsley and more sauce.

Cheese Fondue on bread

For the colder days, how about a fondue that doesn't make a lot of mess? Check out this recipe created by Toast Toast :

Ingredients

  • 2 small round Italian breads
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 250 gr. Gorgonzola
  • 1 cup of cream cheese
  • 1 can of Cream

How to Prepare

Take the whole crumb off the bread with your hands, but don't throw it away. Place the bread + crumb + crumb in pieces in a baking pan and bake for about 10 minutes to get it crispy. To make the cream: melt the butter in a pan, add the gorgonzola and mix until it melts (you can leave some small pieces). Add the cream cheese andStir well. When it begins to boil, turn off and mix in the heavy cream.

Then just serve the cream inside the bread, and eat it with its own crumb!

So, what was your favorite?

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