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Dinner For Two

Prepare a romantic dinner for two with creamy scallop potatoes and spiced salmon, topped off with delightful molten lava cake.
Course: Appetizer, Dessert, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: Tobago, Trinidad
Author: Renee

Ingredients

Scallop Potatoes

  • 4-6 Potatoes
  • 2 cups Cuisine full cream milk
  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tbsp Rosemary
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • cup Mozzarella cheese
  • 1 Nutmeg
  • Salt-to taste
  • Black pepper –to taste

Garlic Bread

  • 1 Baguette
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 Parsley sprig
  • Salt-to taste
  • Black pepper-to taste

Spiced Salmon

  • 2 Salmon steaks
  • 2 tbsp paprika
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp Chili flakes
  • Salt-to taste
  • Black pepper-to taste
  • 2 tbsp Cuisine Soy bean oil
  • 1 Rosemary sprig[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

Molten Lava Cake

  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 3 tsp Cocoa Powder
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp white sugar
  • 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • cup Chocolate chips –Milk or bittersweet
  • 2 tbsp Chocolate Chips-Milk or bittersweet
  • A pinch of salt

Fresh Mixed Salad

  • 1 small container Artisan lettuce
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • 1 medium Red onion
  • 1 cup Olive oil
  • 1 lime
  • Salt-to taste
  • Black pepper-to taste

Instructions

Fresh Mixed Salad

  • Place lettuce in a bowl, cutting the tomatoes into half and thinly slicing the onion. Toss everything together.
  • In a small bowl mix olive oil, salt, black pepper and lime juice. Pour over salad.

Garlic Bread

  • Cut the bread down the centre. Make garlic butter but taking soften butter, garlic salt, black pepper and parsley. Mix well and paste onto the bread. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Scallop Potatoes

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8 x 8 baking dish.
  • Slice the potatoes into about ⅛-inch thick slices and then layer them out in the baking dish.
  • Make a Béchamel by building the roux. In a pan melt butter and add rosemary, cumin seeds and garlic.After 2 minutes on a medium heat add the flour and whisk well. Add milk and allow the sauce to thicken up. Then add salt, black pepper and nutmeg, mix well and set aside. Note : ( see video on this step)
  • Pour the Béchamel on top of the potatoes, and then top with cheese.
  • Bake for about 1 hour until its golden brown or skewer comes out clean.

Spiced Salmon

  • Mix all the spices into a bowl and gentle rub onto salmon.
  • On medium heat place a pan with oil to heat up. When heated add rosemary and the salmon skin side first. Allow to cook on each side for 3-5 minutes then remove from heat and set aside. Note: (It is always better to cook fish skin side first as it protects the fish from over cooking and it also gives the skin a nice crispy texture.)

Molten Lava Cake

  • Place the butter and chocolate (2/3 c) in a microwavable bowl.
  • Microwave until melted, (3) ten second intervals.
  • Mix in the cocoa powder, vanilla extract and salt, sugar and stir until smooth.
  • In another bowl, whisk the egg until foamy at least 2 minutes. Note : ( this step is important as the foamy action aids in creating a gooey texture to the cake)
  • Pour the egg mixture to rest of the batter and whisk well. Place into your ramekins.
  • Place the rest of chocolate chips (1 tbsp) into the centre of the batter.
  • Microwave for 45-60 seconds. Note: (do not overcook as it will dry out your lava cake.
  • Allow to cool for at least 5 minutes.
  • Top with your favourite toppings.

Video

Notes

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