My husband and I we are not really into celebrating Valentine's Day by exchanging gift or going to a nice restaurant, it is so crowded and so expensive that day. But it is an other excuse to have a nice meal and open a very good bottle of wine.
So usually we stay home and have an "apéritif dinatoire", meaning finger foods with drinks. Like crostinni, deli meat with cracker, cheese, ham and olives loaf, quiche. And for dessert of course a chocolate dessert, my favorite Lava Cake.
It is Valentine's day so it is Chocolate day and chocolate is the color of Love.
Here is the recipe:
Ingredients (serve 4)
3.5oz (100g) of dark chocolate
5 tbsp (70g) of butter
2 eggs + 1 egg yolk
3 tbsp of sugar
3 tbsp of flour
2 tsp of cocoa powder
1. Melt the butter and chocolate over a double boiler. Whisk together the eggs and sugar until the mixture whitens.
2. Stir the warm chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and whisk until combined. Sift in the flour, cocoa and a pinch of salt.
3. Spoon into 4 buttered ramekins.
4. Preheat oven to 425ºF. Bake for about 12/15 minutes.
It is really easy and quick to do but the key is to use good quality of chocolate.
You can prepare your lava cakes ahead of time, put them in the fridge and then just bake before serving. Serve it hot right out of the oven garnished with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, berries, caramel sauce or just a dust of powdered sugar. Whatever you like.
And if you are not really into chocolate, a great dessert for Valentine's Day is a cake with berries. Something pink and red.
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