What's a romantic Valentine's Day dinner without a delicious and original dessert? Of course not. In addition, sweets can be an original gift or a pleasant addition to the main present.
There are many different dessert recipes that could be served on the table on Valentine's Day and thus please your soul mate. The safest option, of course, will be the dessert that your passion simply adores. However, purchased delicacies are not so interesting and original, is it? You can try yourself making sweet and delicious desserts for Valentine's Day, while choosing recipes that are simple enough to execute.
Chocolate covered strawberries - delicious, simple and juicy
It should immediately be noted that in this case, strawberries can be replaced with some other berries or even take a fresh banana by cutting it into small slices.
What you need:
- several large strawberries (at least 10 pieces);
- a bar of good milk chocolate; if you want to make the dessert for February 14 more spicy, then you can take dark chocolate and add a little warm milk to it during kindling;
- Sweet or unleavened crackers for sprinkling
- chopped nuts, such as almonds, for decoration and sprinkling.
How to do:
- Melt the chocolate in a water bath, stirring constantly well so that it does not burn;
- rinse strawberries (or other berries) well, do not separate the tails;
- chop (break) crackers;
- Dip strawberries in melted chocolate, gently roll in cookies or nuts and put on a nice plate.
If you wish, the dessert can be sent to the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes (not to the freezer!), So that the chocolate grips better.
Homemade Chocolate Banana Roll: Recipe
At the first moment, it may seem that making a sweet roll is difficult. But this is not at all the case. In addition, this dessert is usually made in 30-40 minutes, so you won't have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen on a holiday.
Ingredients:
- bananas, at least 4 large fruits;
- a bar of dark (black) chocolate, you should not take the cheapest one, chocolate with fillings is also not suitable;
- cocoa powder, about 2 dessert spoons;
- grated lemon (or orange) zest, no more than a teaspoon;
- lemon juice from half of the fruit;
- heavy cream (from 35%), a glass;
- eggs in the amount of 4 pieces;
- granulated sugar, about 100 grams;
- icing sugar, tablespoon;
- plain flour, 100 grams.
How to make a dessert for Valentine's Day? Eggs should be mixed with sugar and lemon zest. Beat the mixture well so that it turns out to be light in color. Then stir in flour and cocoa, making sure that there are no lumps. Gently spread the resulting dough on parchment paper so that a not quite thin crust comes out. The base for the chocolate-banana roll is baked for 8-10 minutes (the oven is heated to 180 degrees).
When the biscuit is ready, it must be removed from the oven, carefully transferred to the prepared surface and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Then gently roll into a roll and allow to cool. Thus, the dough will take the desired shape and will hold after adding the filling.
The filling for the roll is made as follows:
- the cream is whipped until an active, voluminous foam;
- bananas are chopped either on their own, but very carefully, or in a blender; lemon juice must be added to them; juice in this case is needed not for taste, but so that the banana puree does not darken;
- chocolate should be crushed into small pieces or shavings made from it;
- all the ingredients are combined: first the chocolate pieces are added to the whipped cream, and then the banana; or banana puree can be left alone with the second filling option, then it is superimposed on top of the cream and chocolate.
The final action: open the roll, grease the inside with a lot of filling (or fillings), wrap it up again and now you can eat with pleasure. For decoration on top, you can use grated chocolate, chocolate syrup, ready-made whipped cream, icing or cocoa, powdered sugar, or other options based on your taste preferences.
