Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I wanted to reshare some recipes from the past that you might want to consider for a Valentine’s Day with Strawberries. Well, you could use any of these for a Valentine’s Night date, or any date night, at home. I usually go into intense strawberry mode later in the spring/early summer when the intense Hood strawberries appear, but this time of year supermarkets seem to really want to push strawberries too and after walking by them so many times I ultimately cannot resist one of the sale priced big red berries.
F doesn’t like going out for Valentine’s Day – the hype is too much, and what says true love more then coming home and being in your comfy pjs snuggling and not worrying about PDA as we share a bottle of bubbly with candles and a home cooked meal? I don’t make all of these as it’s too much strawberry for us and perhaps half our meal is the bubbly – though I guess I’m prepared for a Strawberry themed Iron Chef if called to it.
Starter: Strawberry and Cheese Bruschetta (two options here, one with mozzarella and one with goat cheese)
Soup: Strawberry Champagne Soup, served with Champagne Ice, Pistachios and Mint as shared by restaurant H50
Main Course: Shrimp and Strawberry Risotto in a Parmesan Bowl (you can make this vegetarian by instead of shrimp substituting asparagus to counter the balance of the strawberries).
Dessert: Strawberry Fool Recipe is blended strawberries with the cut strawberries and the fresh whipped vanilla cream. Or just go with strawberries and melted chocolate and whipped cream or creme fraiche that you dip yourselves!
Or combine take inspiration from Pulehu Pizza, which made this Strawberries & Crème Flamee Fresh Strawberries, Lemon Zest & Fresh Mint on a creamy base. LOVE. L O V E
What is your idea of romantic food? What would be your ideal Valentine’s Day meal?
strawberry bruschetta is something every should try; I love the combo of strawberries and basil with a balsamic drizzle, such a wonderful appetizer!
I have never heard of strawberry champagne soup, it sounds very refreshing and what better way to drink and eat at the same time! thank you for resharing these Pech, i’m inspired to try some of these.
I don’t have an ideal dinner but I recall the first big meal my then boyfriend -now husband- cooked for our first valentines day: steak a la oscar, asparagus, a wilted spinach salad, and he bought my favorite stout beer and a dessert from whole foods.that was a good meal that night!
Mmmmm Steak a la Oscar sounds divine! I am very excited for strawberry season every year – only a couple months more! One tip- one fun way to have a stout is by adding an ice cream scoop to make it all in one dessert!
Strawberries are one of my favorite fruit for sure. Paired with balsamic and paired with lemon zest/mint – the bruschetta and the creme flamee both sound so good! I don’t really have an ideal dinner per se as I enjoy so many types and kinds. I think think the quality of the food on Valentines Day or any date night for that matter is important and then setting the right mood. If the mood is right a good pizza and a ginger beer can be quite romantic.