Valentine's Day Recipe

Brownie
Ingredients
4 cup: Castor sugar
3 1/4 cup: Walnuts
2 1/4 cup: Butter
2 cup: Flour
1 cup: Cocoa powder
2 tsp: Vanilla essence
1/2 tsp: Baking powders
10 no: Eggs
1/2 tsp: Salt

Method
Sift flour, baking powder and the cocoa powder.
In a bowl mix in the butter, vanilla essence and the sugar until creamed, add in the salt
Now, gradually mix in the eggs one by one. Add in the flour and fold well to form a smooth mix. Add in 3/4th of the walnuts and mix well.
Grease a baking pan, and pour the mix. Sprinkle the rest of the walnut on top
Bake in a moderate oven for 35 - 40 minutes or till done.


Chocolate Clusters
Ingredients (Serves 4)
150 gm: Chopped bitter chocolate/White chocolate
8 tbsp: Puffed rice
3 tbsp: Assorted chopped nuts
2 tbsp: Raisins
1 no: Grated rind of an orange

Method
Roast puffed rice in a moderate oven at 180 degree C for 10-15 minutes or until golden in color and crisp. Cool.
Repeat the same process with the nuts.
Combine the nuts, rice and raisins together.
Melt the chocolate over a pan of steaming water in a heatproof bowl.
Stir in the rice, nuts, raisins and rind. Drop rough heaps of the chocolate mixture onto a lightly oiled tray.
Leave in a cool place to set before removing from the tray.
Store in an airtight tin.

For Strawberry Sauce:
1 cup: Chasni (Sugar syrup)
2-3 tbsp: Strawberry, diced
2-3 tsp: Cornflour slurry
2 tsp: Strawberry puree
2 tsp: Powdered sugar
4-5 drops: Lemon juice

Method
Heat milk in a pan. Add sugar, cornflour slurry and cream.
Add vanilla essence, once the mixture becomes thick, place in the freezer after it cools down.
To make strawberry sauce, take chasni in a pan. Add cornflour slurry, powdered sugar, strawberry puree and cook.
Now add diced strawberry, lemon juice and cook for a little while. Strawberry sauce is ready.
Take 1-2 tbsp of strawberry jelly in a glass. Add 1 scoop of ice cream and strawberry sauce.
Add another scoop of ice cream and strawberry sauce. Finally add grated chocolate and diced strawberry.
Serve chocolate and strawberry sundae with wafer biscuit.

Valentine's Pie
Ingredients
1 package cream cheese
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 container thawed whipped topping
1 prepared graham cracker crust
1 Can cherry pie filling

Method
Beat the cream cheese and the sugar in a mixture until mixed.
Add vanilla essence and mix for 2-3 minutes.
Gently, fold the mixture in whipped topping.
Transfer mixture into the pie crust and top it with the cherries.
Refrigerate and serve it after one hour.

Cream Puffs
Ingredients
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup milk
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 eggs

Method
Mix vanilla pudding mix, cream and milk altogether. Cover and refrigerate it to set. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Boil water and butter in a separate bowl. Slowly, stir in flour and salt until the mixture forms a ball.
Put it in a large bowl and beat eggs one at a time and mix well with a wooden spoon. Mix it well.
Put the mixture onto an ungreased baking sheet and heat it for 20-25 minutes till it turns golden brown
. See that the centers should be dry.
Fill the shells with the pudding mixture and the cream puffs are ready.


fonte: http://www.stvalentinesday.org