Valentine's Day desserts: Recipes and ideas - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Valentine’ s Day dessert recipes By Eleanor Maidment - February 13, 2022 Valentines will melt for food editor Eleanor Maidment’s chocolate recipes, perfect for Valentine’ s Day desserts. Valentine’ s Day desserts Chocolate amaretto mousse You can happily leave the liqueur out of this recipe for a very classic chocolate mousse. Or swap it for your favourite tipple – Baileys or dark rum would both work well. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Triple chocolate cookies Made with cocoa powder and a mix of dark, milk and white chocolate, these cookies are a full-blown chocolate hit. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Flourless chocolate pecan cake Gluten-free and superbly rich, this is a wonderful dessert cake, best served with a cloud of whipped cream. You can swap the pecans for shop-bought ground almonds for an even simpler version. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE The ultimate hot chocolate sauce This effortless sauce and a couple of tubs of vanilla ice cream is all you need to whip up a dessert for eight people in just 5 minutes. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Molten chocolate puddings The perfect Valentine’s dessert. Placing a Lindt Lindor ball in the middle of the pudding is a clever trick for guaranteeing a molten chocolate centre. Use your favourite variety – salted caramel or hazelnut are great, too. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Soured cream chocolate loaf An intensely chocolatey loaf cake with a fabulous whip of soured cream frosting on top. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Dark chocolate and sea salt-coated almonds Use your favourite nuts to make this utterly moreish snack. Brazil nuts are particularly good too. Ellis Parrinder GET THE RECIPE Valentine’ s Day desserts: How to cook with chocolate Choose it The percentage listed on chocolate bars refers to the amount of cocoa solids the chocolate contains. Generally the higher the percentage the more savoury and cocoa-rich it will taste. Lower-percentage dark chocolates tend to have more added sugar and be sweeter. Any percentage can be used in baking and cooking, depending on the richness, sweetness and intensity of flavour you are aiming for. Melt it Always melt chocolate slowly and resist the urge to stir it too much. The most hassle-free method is in a microwave. Place chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl and microwave on low (600W) in 30-second bursts, stirring gently between each, until completely melted. Or use the bain marie method, placing the chocolate in a heatproof bowl that sits over a pan of very gently simmering water (the base of the bowl should not touch the water). This is a good method if you’re melting chocolate and butter at the same time. Fix it Chocolate can be quite temperamental during melting as it is sensitive to heat and other liquids that it comes into contact with (always make sure the bowl you are melting it in is completely dry, as even a splash of water can cause it to seize). If you do end up with a grainy, seized chocolate, try stirring a tablespoon of just-boiled water into it. You will often find this brings it back together. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved