Whether you're celebrating your sweetheart or drowning your sorrows with your single ladies, I say, skip the restaurant scene. Valentine's Day is possibly the best night of the year to eat in. It's painfully expensive and difficult to get a reservation. Plus, think of all the money you're saving! It's enough to make it seem totally reasonable to splurge on STEAK!
I'm partial to Porterhouse, a luscious T-bone, with tenderloin on one side, strip on the other. So if you can't decide on a favorite cut, have a bite of both. Plus, meat is always more tender and flavorful next to the bone. Just try to avoid gnawing in front of your date. (Do what I do, and stash bones in the fridge for the morning after.)
Mash some potatoes, drizzle them with truffle oil, sauté some veggies, and you have a sexy dinner that's deceptively easy to make. (Don't worry, I won't tell your date.) Go with a big, bold red, like Cabernet Sauvignon. I'll let you handle the mood lighting and music.
Oh, and dessert? If you think ahead and treat your valentine to those truffles, you might not even have to mess around with mousse.
You'll find the recipe for Porterhouse Steak with Pan Sauce in my cookbook, How to Feed Yourself.
Totally agree Becky. Didn't do the steak, instead cooked 'barbeque chicken with bourbon-molasses sauce' from your book but used ribs instead of chicken. Delicious and wonderfully messy!
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