Valentines Day Menu Idea

Here is a fun Valentines Day Menu to make this special day deliciously memorable!

Entree:

Lemon Chicken

Lemon Tagliatele Pasta with Beets

Side Dish:

Green and Yellow Wax Bean Medley with Smoked Paprika and Almonds

Fresh Fruit Salad with Edible Orchid Garnish

Dessert:

Simply Decadent Creme Brulee 

*May you all find love this February.... Even if it is only with your food. :)

Grilled Caramel Peaches

Grilled Caramel Peaches

Serves 6 as a side dish or dessert

Can be served with vanilla ice cream for an added touch!

Ingredients:

6 ripe peaches

½ cube butter

¼ cup brown sugar

Preparation:

1.Preheat grill to medium.

2. Clean and halve peaches and remove the pit.

3. In a Large Glass Pyrex dish arrange pieces of butter and brown sugar so that they are spread out over the dish. Place halved peaches cut side down in the Pyrex.

4. Place Pyrex on grill. Grill peaches 10-15 minutes, or until peaches are caramelized on the cut side.

Enjoy!

*Recipe courtesy of Laura Muir

Orange Scented Olive Oil Cake

Orange-Scented Olive Oil Cake

Ingredients:

2 oranges

2 1⁄3 cups sugar

Unsalted butter, for greasing

2 1⁄2 cups flour, plus more for pan

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 vanilla bean, scraped

4 eggs

6 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

1⁄4 cup fresh orange juice

1⁄4 cup confectioners' sugar

Sea salt, for garnish

Directions:

1. Trim about 1⁄2" from the tops and bottoms of oranges; quarter oranges lengthwise. Bring 6 cups water to a boil in a 4-qt. saucepan; add oranges. Bring water back to a boil; drain. Repeat boiling process twice more with fresh water. Put oranges, 1 cup sugar, and 4 cups water into a 4-qt. saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring often, until sugar dissolves and orange rind can be easily pierced with a fork, about 30 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool to room temperature.

2. Heat oven to 350°. Grease a 10" round cake pan with butter and dust with flour; line pan bottom with parchment paper cut to fit. Set pan aside. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside. Remove orange quarters from syrup, remove and discard any seeds, and put oranges into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until oranges form a chunky purée, 10–12 pulses. Add remaining sugar, reserved flour mixture, vanilla bean, and eggs and process until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add olive oil; process until combined. Pour batter into prepared pan; bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40–45 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes.

3. In a small bowl, whisk orange juice and confectioners' sugar to make a thin glaze. Remove cake from pan and transfer to a cake stand or plate. Using a pastry brush, brush orange glaze over top and sides of cake; let cool completely. Garnish cake with sea salt.

                  *Recipe courtesy of Patricia Fava                  

Purple and White Sticky Rice Sweet Pudding

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Banana Cream Pie

Apple Pie

Simple Vanilla Poached Pears

Cider Poached Pears with Yogurt and Toasted Almonds

Simply Decadent Creme Brulee

Creme Brulee

This recipe is as easy as they come! You can't go wrong. Even if you don't have a torch you can make this!

You can even serve this without caramelizing sugar on the top and garnishing it with fresh Strawberries!

Ingredients:

5 oz. Creme Brulee Powder
17 oz. heavy cream
10 oz. milk

Preparation:
Heat cream and milk to 176 degrees, boiling around the edge of the pan. Whisk in powder string briskly. Cool and pour into heat resistant ramekins. Top with granulated sugar and caramelize sugar under broiler in oven on high until browned.

Enjoy!

Orange Citrus Bars

Orange Citrus Bars

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided

1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

1 cup cold butter, cubed

2 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs

1/3 cup orange juice

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 orange, zested

Orange Citrus Glaze:

4 cups confectioners' sugar

1/2 cup orange juice

1/2 orange, zested

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Crust:

In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, and confectioners' sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly. Press evenly into bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan. Bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Filling:

In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, and juice until well mixed. Add 1/4 cup flour and baking powder, stirring to combine. Sprinkle in some orange zest.

Pour into hot baked crust, and bake 25 minutes, or until set. Cool the bars, so you may top with orange citrus glaze.

For the Orange-Citrus :

Add 4 cups of powdered sugar and 1/2 cup orange juice together, so that it combines to make a nice creamy glaze sauce consistency. Add orange zest. When all ingredients are mixed well, pour onto the citrus bars. Enjoy!!!

Homestyle Pumpkin Pie

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Dessert

DESSERT RECIPES

Apple Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Homestyle Pumpkin Pie

Melon Sorbet
Orange Citrus Bars

Orange Scented Olive Oil Cake

Peach Shortcake

Pear Tatin

Purple and White Sticky Rice Sweet Pudding
Caramel and Sea Salt Mini Cupcakes
Simply Decadent Creme Brulee
Simple Vanilla Poached Pears