Instead of gifting a box of chocolates to your lover this Valentine’s Day, add it to the menu via a homecooked dinner for the two of you. Here are 4 romantic dinner courses with a chocolatey twist!
1. Chicken Mole
We’ll start out with an obvious contender. You can really pack the heat with this Mexican staple by not completely seeding the dried guajillo and ancho chile peppers. Add a dose of dopamine by breaking disk-Mexican chocolate into small pieces to simmer over your stovetop, incorporating them with the rest of the sauce you’ve prepared. Stir the contents until the chocolate melts and the sauce reduces.
2. Mozzarella Strawberry Salad with Chocolate Vinaigrette
This starter salad is infinitely adaptable—and especially reminiscent of Valentine’s Day given its two key ingredients: chocolate and strawberries. Take your pick of protein with prosciutto, deli ham or some thinly sliced steak. And don’t forget your leafy greens! Just toss together spring mix salad, watercress and then some mozzarella cheese pearls.
For the pièce de résistance, quickly melt dark chocolate chips over your induction cooktop to whisk with vinegar, oil, honey, salt and pepper, and just like that, you’ve got a sweet, syrupy vinaigrette you’ll want to drizzle over everything.
3. Black Bean and Chocolate Chili
If you’re looking for a hearty (get it—because it’s V-Day?) offering that is also meatless, we’ve got you covered. Brimming with flavor, this vegetarian chili recipe is spiced with garlic cloves, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, ground cloves, ground coriander and chili powder. To work in the chocolate, stir in a quarter-cup of a semisweet bar with the simmering sauce until the chocolate has melted. We recommend serving your chili with cheese, Greek yogurt and taco shells—because, fact: tacos are the epitome of romance.
4. Beef Cheeks in Chocolate-Wine Sauce
Serve an entrée as robust as your love with the help of this recipe that brings another holiday essential in the mix: red wine! Impress your significant other with these chocolate-sauced beef cheeks that are also flavored with sour Bramley apples and tart blackberry jam. Cooked in a little over 5 hours, this recipe calls for finely grated dark chocolate to be sprinkled over the beef cheeks as they are sautéing in red wine.
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