One girl, let's call her Helen, decided to cook a romantic candlelight dinner for her husband. She sent the children to spend the night with her mother. I bought champagne and made a light meal - several types of canapes. She put on a beautiful dress, high-heeled shoes, lace underwear, made up and hairstyle. In a word, prepared. As soon as her husband returned from work, lit candles and invited him to the table. Spouse quickly ate cooked sandwiches and washed down with champagne.
Further events did not develop according to the planned scenario. Having dealt with light snacks, the husband looked at Lena with a hungry look and with one simple question completely killed all the romance: “What about dinner?” I had to get chicken out of the freezer and peel the potatoes.
The familiar scenario? If so, please accept our condolences. If you are just preparing for a romantic dinner by candlelight, learn from the mistakes of others. In any case, this article will help you plan an almost perfect evening. Our heroine made only two mistakes, but they irrevocably ruined the carefully planned candlelight dinner.
The first mistake is the wrong time. A romantic one-on-one is planned on a working day. This is by no means worth doing. You are both tired, at work there were conflicts with superiors or subordinates. At home, a reflex is triggered - eat tightly, watch TV and fall asleep. Before going to bed, quick sex is possible. If it is unbearable, it is better to go to a restaurant, and then take a walk on foot. Let it be like a date.
Mistake two - eating too easy. Candlelight dinner should not be too light or too dense. Otherwise, in the first case, a man in search of “what to eat” will climb into the refrigerator, and in the second, he will simply go to bed.
And at this stage we come to the main issue. Candlelight dinner, what to cook?
The food should be light, but hearty. Ask your partner that he is not eating. For example, some do not like the liver, while others fried zucchini or eggplant disgust. Nuts, honey or peaches can cause
anaphylactic shock in allergy sufferers
. So do not forget to ask your partner for an allergy.
All dishes should be portioned so that you don’t have to cut or break anything with your hands. We don't need greasy hands. Design and presentation also play an important role. We offer you to cook a hearty, but not heavy dinner by candlelight, which consists of three dishes.
The main course is chicken or fish. It is prepared quickly, but it turns out delicious.
If you decide to cook chicken, then you need 2 chicken fillets weighing 500-600 grams, spices for chicken, you can do with salt and pepper, onion, kiwi, orange, 50 grams of butter and the same amount of sunflower flour.
Thoroughly beat off chicken breasts, sprinkle with spices and roll in flour. Pour vegetable oil into the pan and fry the fillets on all sides. The fire is moderately medium, the frying time is about 10 minutes. While the filet is fried, take another pan, put butter in it, crumble the onions in half rings and fry over low heat until transparent, squeeze the juice of one orange into the pan, throw the finely chopped kiwi into the pan. Reduce the fire to a minimum and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Put the meat and fruit sauce in a small saucepan, add half a glass of water and simmer another 5 minutes, but not more. The finished meat is very tender, with exotic notes. As a side dish, make loose rice or mashed potatoes. The bird is served red or pink wine.
Serve a simple vegetable salad with chicken. Cut cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, a little greens, salt, pepper, add a couple of drops of lemon or orange juice and season with vegetable oil.
You can cook a more complex salad dressed with mayonnaise. I offer a salad of crab sticks and corn.
For 2 servings you will need: crab sticks or boiled squid - 200 grams, half a can of canned corn, 2 boiled eggs, 1 fresh cucumber, green onion, 2 tablespoons of loose rice. Finely chop all ingredients, season with mayonnaise and salt.
Salads should be served in separate salad bowls. Special waffle baskets are sold in the markets. You can put a plate of lettuce leaves, and put on them baskets with salad.
In order for no one to remain hungry, prepare a cut of several varieties of cheese. It goes well with wine.
And the control shot is dessert.
As a dessert, fruit and chocolate will come down quite well. But with a great desire, you can serve ice cream. Buy ice cream and orange. Put the ice cream in a bowl and put in the freezer. Throw a piece of butter in a clean dry pan, send a tablespoon of sugar there and put on a small fire. Remove the zest from the orange and cut in half. Squeeze the juice from one half, peel the second and cut into pieces. When the mass in the pan begins to boil, add the finely chopped zest. Then add the
orange juice. Stir vigorously and bring to a boil. It was the turn of slices of orange. A couple of minutes boiled on and off. It should be moderately thick sauce. Pour warm sauce with fruit slices onto ice cream.
It may turn out that after two dishes, slices and wine, the turn will not come to ice cream. Dont be upset. Just his finest hour has not yet arrived. If candlelight dinner reaches its goal, you will need to reinforce your strength.