Romantic and special dinner to surprise, with prawn risotto as main course and appetizer and dessert options to choose from
Romantic dinner
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The MAIN COURSE is a must, the shrimp risotto. As for appetizers and desserts, you can choose from a few options. They are easy and very delicious recipes to surprise and amaze.
- Appetizers: Hummus or crab cone
- Main: Shrimp Risotto
- Desserts: banoffee in a glass or passion fruit mousse
Appetizer – option 1 – Hummus:
Hummus : chickpea pasta, delicious and very easy to make.
- Will you make this crab cone recipe? Online Agenda Program e Access the SHOPPING LIST HERE.
- PORTION: 4 people
- Tools: 1 bowl, 1 board.
- Equipment: mixer, blender or food processor
INGREDIENTS:
HUMUS – CHICKPEAS PASTA
- 250 g of pre-cooked or canned chickpeas (save a few whole chickpeas for decoration)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (juice)
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons of tahini
- 50 ml of water (see recipe), or enough to take stock
- Salt and pepper to taste
To decorate:
- Optional sweet paprika, for sprinkling
- Parsley or mint, chopped, for dusting
- Extra virgin olive oil, for dressing
- whole chickpeas
Go with:
- Syrian bread toast or
- Toast of your choice
To see how to prepare the HOMUS recipe, click here and watch it on TERRA DEGUSTA.
Appetizer – option 2 – CRAB CASKIN
CRAB CRUISE, PREPARE in advance and FREEZE.
- Will you make this crab cone recipe? Schedule in the online agenda and access the SHOPPING LIST HERE.
- PORTION: 2 (to show this recipe to more people, Click here)
- TOOLS: 1 bowl, 1 deep pot or pan, 1 baking sheet, crab shells or individual heatproof containers, 1 cutting board.
- EQUIPMENT: conventional
INGREDIENTS:
Siri cone:
- 250 g of shredded crabmeat – clean
- ¾ lemon (juice)
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- olive oil or bottle butter to taste
- palm oil (optional)
- ¼ large onion, diced
- ½ red pepper, deseeded, chopped
- 2 small, minced garlic cloves
- 1 tomato, peeled and deseeded, chopped
- 1 tablespoon of tomato paste
- ¼ cup iced tea to dilute the cornstarch.
- ¾ tablespoon cornstarch
- chopped coriander to taste
Finish :
- grated parmesan or breadcrumbs – just enough to brown.
- To serve:
- Lemon, quartered to taste
- Pepper sauce to taste, served on the side.
To see how to prepare the CASQUINHA DE SIRI recipe click here and watch it in TERRA DEGUSTA.
FIRST: Shrimp risotto
Discover the advice to prepare in less than 30 minutes, use prawn heads and shells and enhance the flavors and your time in the kitchen.
The advice for making this quick risotto is to always have the prawn broth in the freezer. So, enjoy the recipe and find out how to make shrimp broth using the heads and shells of this crustacean. Make some more and freeze for later use. With this it will be much easier to prepare these and other recipes with broth, gain in flavor and reduce the time in the kitchen.
- Are you going to prepare this recipe? The shopping list of ingredients is ready, access it HERE.
- PORTION: 2, to see the recipe for 4, 6 or 8 people CLICK HERE.
- TOOLS: 1 chopping board, 2 pans, 1 grater, 1 bowl, 1 non-stick pan, 1 sieve.
- EQUIPMENT: conventional
INGREDIENTS:
Shrimp Risotto:
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil (for sautéing the risotto and browning the prawns)
- 500g unpeeled medium prawns (save the heads and shells for the stock)
- salt
- 1 tablespoon(s) onion, minced
- 1 cup(s) of arborio rice
- 30 ml of dry white wine
- 600 ml of homemade prawn broth (see recipe), or enough to flavor the risotto
- 1 packet of saffron (optional), dissolved in a little water
- 1/2 unit(s) Sicilian lemon (zest and juice)
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Homemade Shrimp Broth:
- 1 liter of water
- 1/2 unit onion, roughly chopped
- 1/2 unit leek (optional), thickly sliced ​​- white part.
- shrimp shells and heads
- 1 unit(s) of laurel
- thyme (sprigs)
- 5 units/corns of black pepper
- salt
Finish:
- parsley (optional), chopped
- 1/4 unit(s) Sicilian lemon (zest)
- extra virgin olive oil for dressing
To see how to prepare the RISOTTO recipe with prawns, click here and watch it on TERRA DEGUSTA.
DESSERT 1 : BANOFFEE IN POT OR CUP
- Will you make this recipe? Access the FREE SHOPPING LIST HERE.
- PORTION: 2 (1 22cm patty) . To see the recipe for 4, 6 or 8 people, click HERE.
- TOOLS: 1 cutting board, 1 non-metallic bowl, 1 mixing bowl, 1 frying pan (optional), 1 saucepan or cup per person for assembly, 1 sieve.
- EQUIPMENT: conventional + blender or food processor + mixer
INGREDIENTS – BANOFFEE IN THE JAR OR GLASS:
Cookie dough ingredients:
- 50 g cornstarch biscuits (¼ pack, each pack 200 g)
- 40 g melted butter or enough to form a dough
Dulce de Leche Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons of dulce de leche
Banana ingredients:
- 1 1/2 large silver or dwarf banana, sliced ​​or enough to fill glasses
Chantilly ingredients:
- ¼ cup fresh cream, cold
- â…” tablespoon of sugar or as much as you like
- vanilla essence to taste
Finish:
- instant coffee powder for dusting (optional)
Want to see the recipe for TRADITIONAL BANOFFEE, assembled like a tart? Click HERE and find out how to do it, at TERRA Degusta.
DESSERT 2: Passion fruit mousse
The simplest and fastest
- Consult the SHOPPING LIST for this recipe by clicking HERE
- Portion: 4 people
- TOOLS: 2 pans, 2 bowls, 1 spatula, 1 wire whisk (optional), 1 sieve.
- EQUIPMENT: Conventional, Mixer, Blender (optional).
INGREDIENTS Passion fruit mousse:
- 3 units of passion fruit (use the pulp for the recipe and the seeds for decoration)
- 50 ml of water, filtered
- 1 sachet unflavored gelatin powder
- 100 ml of fresh cream or canned milk cream
- 1/2 cup (tea) sugar (half to beat with whites)
- 2 unit(s) egg(s) (white only)
To see how to prepare the passion fruit MOUSSE recipe, click here and watch it on TERRA DEGUSTA.
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