Many girls are very scrupulous about preparing dishes for their beloved men. But I want to do something special and please my husband, of course, on his birthday. You can arrange a party with guests or a light romantic dinner for two.
Everyone has different preferences, but the main dishes at any feast are salads, snacks, hot dishes, side dishes and desserts. In order not to be repeated in products, you can compose the following menu: a salad of fish and seafood, slices and mushrooms for an appetizer, a hot meat dish and your favorite potatoes as a side dish.
To make a red fish salad, you will need:
- mix of lettuce leaves;
- baked salmon or salmon 200 g;
- 9 quail eggs;
- hard cheese 50 g;
- a tomato;
- capers, lemon, olive oil.
Lettuce leaves are laid out on the dish, then slices of baked fish and tomatoes. Sprinkle everything on top with cheese, capers and pour over lemon and butter sauce.
Smoked salmon and shrimp salad will require the following ingredients:
- smoked salmon 100 g;
- shrimps 10 pcs.;
- asparagus 5 pcs.;
- arugula 1 package;
- mustard, egg yolk, lemon, olive oil for the sauce.
Put arugula on the dish, cut the asparagus into pieces, peel the shrimps and fry over low heat. Salmon is cut into strips and laid out along with shrimp on top of a dish. Beat the ingredients for the sauce with a mixer and pour over.
You can add scallops, mussels, octopus, or replace some ingredients, focusing on your lover's preference.
No man remains indifferent to meat, so cut from different meats and serve whole mushrooms separately - either baked or fried. If there is no time, you can add canned mushrooms.
You can cook meat for hot. Some housewives masterfully prepare steaks, and this is the best gift for a man in combination with vegetables. But if the day is special, then you always want to surprise, and a rack of lamb is perfect for this. This is a dish that no holiday in Italy and France can do without. Breathe in a little European restaurant romance this evening.
To prepare a rack of lamb, you will need:
- rack of lamb 1 kg;
- lemon juice 50 ml;
- olive oil 50 ml;
- salt, pepper, thyme to taste;
- dry red wine, butter, garlic, rosemary for the sauce.
Make a marinade by mixing lemon and oil, add pepper, thyme and a little salt to taste. Rub the marinade thoroughly in a square and leave everything for half an hour. After that, you should fry the squares in a dry frying pan for about 3 minutes, then put on a baking sheet and send to the oven for half an hour. In the meantime, you need to prepare the sauce.
Melt the butter and sauté the garlic in it, add the red wine and rosemary. Let it all sweat for about 15 minutes. Pour the prepared sauce over the rack of lamb. Usually such meat is served on a platter with potatoes, rosemary and basil.
The best finish will be dessert. If the season is warm, you can make ice cream or sorbet, if not, fruit or berry mousse.
If you are planning an evening alone with your husband, then it is best to prepare a dessert with fresh strawberry slices. Even if you eat it just like that, a romantic evening will be provided.
To prepare strawberry sorbet you will need:
- strawberries 500 g;
- sugar 100 g;
- orange juice 50 ml.
The orange juice, along with the sugar, must be brought to a boil and cooled to form a syrup. Beat peeled strawberries with syrup in a blender. The resulting mass should be sent to the freezer and stirred every hour. The result is a fine crumb of ice. You can decorate such a dessert with slices of fresh strawberries and mint leaves.
