On Valentine’s Day, it’s nice to give (or receive) flowers. But there’s no denying the romance of whipping up a special meal for two. After all, the best way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. It’s the day of love, so there’s recipes for oysters, of course, as well as figs, strawberries, lots of pasta and lobster, and… chocolate.
Want more Valentine’s Day desserts?
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Japanese soufflé pancakes with genmaicha sugar
Syrian filled pancakes with pistachio cream
Sashimi of mulloway with beetroot pickle
Grilled scallops with spring onion and peanut
Scallop crudo by Leonardo’s Pizza Palace
Mike McEnearney’s fig salad with roast onions, walnuts and radicchio
Fig, prosciutto, pear and witlof salad with pomegranate vinaigrette
Za’atar roast chicken with pilaf, pomegranate and nuts
Ocean trout escalopes with walnut-pomegranate salsa
Analiese Gregory’s lobster and abalone with wakame butter and XO sauce
Cavatelli with pancetta, mint, figs and pecorino
Lobster with lemon myrtle, tarragon and crab butter
Lobster Australienne by Mary’s Underground
Barbecued lobster tails with lemon drawn butter and corn-radish salad
Curtis Stone’s yoghurt panna cotta with strawberries and rosewater
Rhubarb and strawberry tart with candied pistachio and fennel seeds
Glazed figs with salted caramel ice-cream
Watermelon and cherry salad with cheat’s cherry granita
Marco Pierre White’s strawberry shortbread
Chocolate mousse with white chocolate and corn flake crumble
Burnt honey panna cotta with chamomile strawberries
Pistachio and rose roulade with lychees and raspberries
