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3 easy recipes for Valentine’s Day, including warm tomato goat cheese dip, white wine sauteed beef with rosemary, and strawberry pound cake dessert shooters!
I had a great time sharing easy recipes for Valentine’s Day with Sherman Live!
The theme was a Valentine’s meal to make together at home to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your special someone. You know, if you can’t get a sitter, or your finances dictate that you keep it low-key this year.
So, I shared 3 of my favorite easy recipes for Valentine’s Day with everyone.
For starters, we made a vegetarian spicy tomato and goat cheese dip that comes together in about a minute. Something a little spicy to get the meal started.
Next, we made white wine sauteed beef. Serve this with a little spinach and goat cheese risotto or loaded cauliflower gratin and you have a restaurant quality meal.
We ended on a sweet note with simple dessert shooters. Take the hassle out of dessert!
No one can say no to these small portions. You more than make up in flavor what you lose in portion size with fresh strawberries, whipped cream pound cake, and Best Boy and Co hot fudge.
I paired my desserts with two of my favorite Indiana Wines: Signature Traminette from local favorite Mallow Run Winery and Crema Dolce from French Lick Winery.
Signature,similar to Moscato, Traminette is bubbly, fresh, and full of fruit. Bubbles laced with aromas of pear and rose petals tickle your nose before each sip. Try with shellfish or with fresh Indiana strawberries!
Crema Dolce is a sweet, creamy Olorosa style wine. The rich velvety flavor has caramel, nutty undertones creating a decadent dessert wine that is sinfully satisfying.
View each of my clips of Sherman and I in the kitchen above or HERE
I hope you enjoy these easy recipes for Valentine’s Day!
Total Servings 2
Thin slices of sirloin are sauteed in crisp white wine, garlic, and butter.
5 minPrep (inc. refrigeration & rest time)
15 minCook Time
5 minTotal Time
Ingredients
- 3 C of fire roasted tomato sauce (I use Muir Glen fire roasted diced tomatoes and puree them)
- 1-2 tsp of red pepper flakes (depends on the heat you want)
- 4 oz of herbed goat cheese log (you can find this in the specialty cheese area of most stores)
- 1/2 pound sirloin steak
- 1 TB all purpose flour
- 4 TB olive oil
- 2 TB butter
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 11/2 TB chopped fresh Rosemary
- 1 C dry white wine
- salt/pepper
- 2 slices of pound cake
- 1 C diced strawberries
- 1/2 C hot fudge, I used Best Boy and Co Mocha Hot Fudge
- 1 C fresh whipped cream
Instructions
- In a small baking dish add the tomato sauce and red pepper flakes. Top with the goat cheese sliced or crumbled.
- Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly and melted, about 15 minutes.
- Serve with sliced baugette.
- Thinly slice the beef.
- Toss in a bowl with the flour, salt and fresh ground pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and the butter in a heavy skillet over medium high heat.
- Saute steak in 2 or 3 batches until no longer pink on the outside, about 2 minutes per batch, adding another tablespoon of oil if needed.
- Transfer to plate.
- Saute garlic and rosemary in the same pan in remaining oil over medium heat until golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add wine and salt and pepper (to taste) and boil, scraping up browned bits, until reduced by half. Return beef with juiced to the skillet and heat through.
- Layer each item in your desired order in decorative juice sized glasses, shot sized glasses or in small bowls.
- Excellent served with a local dessert wine like Mallow Run Signature Traminette or Crema Dolce from French Lick Winery.
