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Dinner for two

A romantic recipe with aphrodisiac effects

February 8th, 2006 issue

This tuna skewer is perfect for an at-home Valentine's Day dinner.

From the chef: Radek David

St. Valentine's Day is a synonym for love. To let your love burn, try this dish, with magical but guaranteed aphrodisiac effects caused by avocado, pepper, tiger shrimp, asparagus, shiitake and fresh ginger.

This recipe has it all. To go with it, I would recommend a sauvignon blanc for its crisp acidity, its typical spiciness and its soft but intense fragrance reminding of fresh-cut grass. It offers a wide range of fruit tastes and long finish.

This is a recipe for a perfect St. Valentine's dinner: a bunch of love, a pinch of decency and an ounce of romance, ingredients with undeniable powers and a thirst for stimulation. In this dish, all the ingredients are light and soft; different tastes are in harmony and complement each other perfectly. Lemon pepper, ginger and garlic dominate. The unique combination of cool tuna with shrimp and avocado skewers is a true delicacy. And last but not least, the quick preparation will give you more time for each other. Enjoy!

Grilled tuna

with tiger shrimp and avocado skewers, shiitake, asparagus, ratte potatoes and citrus-ginger foam

Ingredients:


  • 500 grams (about 1.3 pounds) fresh tuna

  • salt

  • lemon pepper

  • 1 deciliter (about half a cup) olive oil

  • 100 grams butter

  • 60 grams onion

  • 40 grams carrot

  • 2 lemons (zest and juice)

  • 1 orange (zest and juice)

  • 30 grams fresh ginger

  • 1 deciliter white wine

  • 1 deciliter 33 percent cream

  • 1 deciliter chicken bouillon

  • 12 pieces of tiger shrimp

  • 1/2 avocado

  • 300 grams potato rolls

  • 100 grams shiitake

  • 12 pieces of asparagus

  • white pepper

  • fresh coriander

  • 1 clove garlic

Preparation:

  • Sprinkle tuna with salt and lemon pepper and fry in olive oil on each side for a maximum of 30 seconds, depending on size and your own taste, most suitably just until rare. Cut into slices.

  • Dice onion, carrot and peeled ginger into cubes and froth in butter. Add orange and lemon zest and then the juices of both. Boil the juice, add wine and chicken bouillon and cook through. Finally, add cream and cook until thick, then blend with a mixer. Strain through a delicate sieve or strainer. Add salt and white pepper to taste. Before serving, whip with whisk until the liquid turns into foam.

  • Shell the tiger shrimp, remove the insides and rub with olive oil, garlic and fresh coriander. Peel the avocado, dice in cubes and pin on a skewer along with the shrimp. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and fry in oil.

  • Peel the asparagus and cook in salted boiling water for two minutes and then cool in an ice bath. Cut asparagus into thirds.

  • Boil ratte potatoes in water with whole pepper, red pepper and thyme until almost cooked through. Remove and slice. Fry sliced potatoes and shiitake in oil, then add asparagus. Add salt, white pepper and butter.

Radek David is chef at La Veranda, Elišky Krásnohorské 2, Prague 1–Old Town. Tel. 224 814 733.


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