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Chocolate fondue
Dish type: dessert, chocolate
Made in minutes, pour this wonderfully luxurious fondue into a pretty heart shaped cup or keep hot in a mini fondue bowl with a burner.
Serves 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking...
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Win hearts with showstopping chocolate desserts
February 14 is the one day of the year when you have a reason to leave a love note stuck on the door or write a sweet poem in a card.
Valentine's Day, when florists sell more red long-stemmed roses than...
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Brandied chocolate truffles
Dish type: dessert
Makes 8
Preparation time: 45 minutes
Chilling time: 4½ - 5 hours
Ingredients
150ml (1/4 pint) double cream
200g (7oz) dark chocolate, broken into pieces
2 tablespoons icing...
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Heart-shaped Chilli Chocolates
Dish type: dessert, chocolate
Ingredients
• 100g CHOC Chick organic cacao powder
• 6 tbsp CHOC Chick organic cacao butter
• 3-4 tsp Sweet Freedom, agave syrup, honey or maple syrup ( to...
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Chocolate heart fondant with a strawberry and mint salad
Dish type: dessert, chocolate
Ingredients
6 large fondants;
400g chocolate
400g butter
400g caster sugar
4 eggs
4 egg yolks
400g plain flour
A little extra butter and flour (60g each) to lubricate...
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Love oysters with restaurateur Mark Hix's recipe for romance
The oyster may just be the most evocative culinary symbol of passion. Named as one of the top aphrodisiacs, what better – or finer – way to start your Valentine's Day meal?
A man who knows...
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Mark Hix's Seashore salad
Dish type: salad, starter
Serves 4
Ingredients
150–200g cockles or surf clams, cleaned
150–200g mussels, cleaned
50ml white wine
4 medium scallops, shelled and cleaned
A couple of handfuls...
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Say 'I love you' with an award-winning menu this Valentine's Day
What better way to show your other half how much you love them than by preparing a sensational meal for two featuring dishes from award-winning chefs.
Say 'I love you' this Valentine's...
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Celebrate Valentine's Day with Champagne
The clink of two champagne glasses is the perfect way to begin celebrations with your Valentine on February 14.
And as Valentine’s Day is shared between just the two of you, you have a great...
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Our Valentine's date with Ms Marmite Lover
Queen of the pop-up restaurant in the UK, Kerstin Rodgers – aka 'MsMarmiteLover' for you Twitter fans – launched the first underground restaurant in London with her eponymous supper...
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Ms Marmite Lover's Cream Heart with alcoholic forest berries
Dish type: Dessert
Serves 6
Ingredients
150g Mascarpone
100g Double cream
50g Icing sugar
A few drops ofVanilla essence
500g frozen Forest berries
70g Sugar
A glug of Creme de cassis
Juice of Half a Lemon
Equipment
cheese...
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Kate and Lorraine Pascale plan a Valentine's dinner fit for a Prince
Kate Middleton and celebrity chef Lorraine Pascale certainly make a fashionable pair, but the dynamic duo are turning their eclectic tastes down a culinary route by planning a Valentine's Day...
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The food of love
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we’re faced with the scary question – what do you buy for that special someone?
An edible gift for a foodie is a brilliant treat –...
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Chilli prawns
Ingredients (Serves 2)
1½ tsp Tracklements Chilli Jam
½ clove garlic, crushed
Juice of 1 lime
Cracked black pepper
24 raw prawns, peeled
Handful fresh coriander,...
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Pistachio and raspberry love hearts
Ingredients (Serves 2)
1 egg white
50g/2oz caster sugar plus
1 extra tbsp
15g/½oz pistachio nuts, very finely chopped
100ml/4fl oz double cream
1 tsp grated lime rind...
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Love to eat
Valentine’s Day is upon us again – and what better way to show someone you love them than by cooking a delicious meal for them at home – far better than fighting for attention in a packed...
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Seared venison fillet with buffalo curd and horseradish on toasted sourdough
Ingredients (Serves 2)
300g venison fillet in one piece
2 slices sourdough
4 tbs buffalo curd
1 tbs fresh horseradish, grated
½ red onion, finely sliced
2 tbs microgreens...
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Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovies and cream
Ingredients (serves 2)
150g purple sprouting broccoli
100ml single cream
1 tbs red wine vinegar
6 anchovies
1 red chilli, finely sliced
Method
Steam or boil the broccoli...
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Eat, drink and be lovely
Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...
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Eat, drink and be lovely
Although it may seem the done thing to dine-out on Valentine’s Day, bucking the trend and cooking at home can be as good a show of affection as anything. More so, in fact, given the extra effort...