Valentine's Day

• 1 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...

• 2 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...

• 3 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...

• 4 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...

• 5 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...

• 6 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...

• 7 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...

• 8 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...

• 9 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...

• 10 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...

• 11 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...

• 12 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...

• 13 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 –...

• 14 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,...

• 15 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...

• 16 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...

• 17 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...

• 18 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...

• 19 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...

• 20 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...