Post by nini on Mar 3, 2007 21:05:37 GMT -5
Raspberry Romance Cocktail
1 oz Coffee liqueur.
¾ oz Chambord.
1 ¼ oz Irish cream liqueur.
Club soda.
Ice.
Instructions
1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Pour over the Coffee liqueur, Chambord and Irish cream liqueur over the ice.
3. Fill the remainder of the glass with club soda and serve.
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Heart Shaped Pizza
1 large Pizza base,pre-baked.
1/3 cups of Pizza sauce.
1/3 cups of grated Mozzarella cheese.
12 large cooked Shrimps.
1 medium Red Bell Pepper.
Olive oil.
Instructions
1. Trim the pizza base into a heart shape, place on pizza pan or baking sheet.
2. Spread pizza sauce on the base to near the edge.
3. Sprinkle the grated cheese over sauce.
4. Place the shrimp, in pairs, tails touching to make heart shapes. Repeat with some slices of pepper.
5. Drizzle with a little olive oil.
6. Bake at 375F until the cheese is melted and pizza is piping hot.
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Valentines Breakfast Biscuits
1 ½ cup of flour.
2/3 cups of sugar.
1 small 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
¼ teaspoon of salt.
10 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and kept hot.
¼ cup of plus 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder(natural).
1 egg.
¼ cup of plus 2 tablespoons of milk.
1 heart shaped cutter (approximately 2- 2½ inches in size).
For Serving
Slightly sweetened whipped cream or creme fraiche.
Jam or berries.
Instructions
1. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the hot butter and cocoa powder until smooth.
3. Stir the egg and milk into the chocolate mixture. Pour the wet mixture over flour mixture. Fold through gently with a rubber spatula until all of flour mixture is moistened. Do not try to make a smooth dough.
4. Place the dough on sheet of wax paper and push into a rectangle of approximately 10-inch x 5-inch.
5. Chill the dough for about 15 minutes.
6. Cut out as many shapes as you can from the dough (this should be between 8 Transfer these to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake at 400F on the center shelf for about 12 minutes, or until the tops have dried and started to crack and the bases have started to color.
8. Serve with the cream and berries.
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Seductive Strawberry Soup
1 lb Strawberries, washed and hulled.
10 Mint leaves.
2 cups of White wine.
Juice of 1/2 a Lemon.
3 tablespoons of Honey.
2 tablespoons of Brandy.
Instructions
1. Put all ingredients in a Blender.
2. Blend thoroughly.
3. Chill for at least 4 hours.
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Valentines Heart Pie
1 cup of water.
1 packet strawberry flavored gelatin
2 cups of vanilla ice cream.
Milk chocolate kisses or buttons.
For the Pie Shell
1 ½ cups of chocolate cookie crumbs.
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar.
¼ cup of butter, softened.
Instructions
For the Pie Shell
1. Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly blended.
2. Press evenly into a nine-inch pie pan.
3. Bake at 375F for 8 minutes or until cooked completely.
4. Leave to cool.
For the Pie
1. In a 4-cup glass measuring cup stir together water and gelatin. Cook in a microwave oven, uncovered, on full power for 2 minutes.
2. Add vanilla ice cream to the hot gelatin mixture, stir until ice cream is completely melted. Chill the mixture for 35 to 30 minutes, stir twice during chilling (the mixture should set so it falls as mounds from a spoon)
3. Pour chilled ice cream mixture into pie shell. Chill about 4 hours or until ice cream is completely set.
4. Arrange milk chocolate kisses or buttons in a heart shape on top of the pie.
1 oz Coffee liqueur.
¾ oz Chambord.
1 ¼ oz Irish cream liqueur.
Club soda.
Ice.
Instructions
1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Pour over the Coffee liqueur, Chambord and Irish cream liqueur over the ice.
3. Fill the remainder of the glass with club soda and serve.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Heart Shaped Pizza
1 large Pizza base,pre-baked.
1/3 cups of Pizza sauce.
1/3 cups of grated Mozzarella cheese.
12 large cooked Shrimps.
1 medium Red Bell Pepper.
Olive oil.
Instructions
1. Trim the pizza base into a heart shape, place on pizza pan or baking sheet.
2. Spread pizza sauce on the base to near the edge.
3. Sprinkle the grated cheese over sauce.
4. Place the shrimp, in pairs, tails touching to make heart shapes. Repeat with some slices of pepper.
5. Drizzle with a little olive oil.
6. Bake at 375F until the cheese is melted and pizza is piping hot.
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Valentines Breakfast Biscuits
1 ½ cup of flour.
2/3 cups of sugar.
1 small 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
¼ teaspoon of salt.
10 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and kept hot.
¼ cup of plus 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder(natural).
1 egg.
¼ cup of plus 2 tablespoons of milk.
1 heart shaped cutter (approximately 2- 2½ inches in size).
For Serving
Slightly sweetened whipped cream or creme fraiche.
Jam or berries.
Instructions
1. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the hot butter and cocoa powder until smooth.
3. Stir the egg and milk into the chocolate mixture. Pour the wet mixture over flour mixture. Fold through gently with a rubber spatula until all of flour mixture is moistened. Do not try to make a smooth dough.
4. Place the dough on sheet of wax paper and push into a rectangle of approximately 10-inch x 5-inch.
5. Chill the dough for about 15 minutes.
6. Cut out as many shapes as you can from the dough (this should be between 8 Transfer these to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake at 400F on the center shelf for about 12 minutes, or until the tops have dried and started to crack and the bases have started to color.
8. Serve with the cream and berries.
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Seductive Strawberry Soup
1 lb Strawberries, washed and hulled.
10 Mint leaves.
2 cups of White wine.
Juice of 1/2 a Lemon.
3 tablespoons of Honey.
2 tablespoons of Brandy.
Instructions
1. Put all ingredients in a Blender.
2. Blend thoroughly.
3. Chill for at least 4 hours.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Valentines Heart Pie
1 cup of water.
1 packet strawberry flavored gelatin
2 cups of vanilla ice cream.
Milk chocolate kisses or buttons.
For the Pie Shell
1 ½ cups of chocolate cookie crumbs.
1 tablespoon of granulated sugar.
¼ cup of butter, softened.
Instructions
For the Pie Shell
1. Mix ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly blended.
2. Press evenly into a nine-inch pie pan.
3. Bake at 375F for 8 minutes or until cooked completely.
4. Leave to cool.
For the Pie
1. In a 4-cup glass measuring cup stir together water and gelatin. Cook in a microwave oven, uncovered, on full power for 2 minutes.
2. Add vanilla ice cream to the hot gelatin mixture, stir until ice cream is completely melted. Chill the mixture for 35 to 30 minutes, stir twice during chilling (the mixture should set so it falls as mounds from a spoon)
3. Pour chilled ice cream mixture into pie shell. Chill about 4 hours or until ice cream is completely set.
4. Arrange milk chocolate kisses or buttons in a heart shape on top of the pie.
