Beef and Love - A 101
We know finding time for a regular date night is hard to do, so we’ve created some recipe ideas to tempt the ones you love, big and small.
Dress it up
For your date night, why not dress up yourself and your meal and take what is already wonderful to extraordinary? Accessorize yourself with diamonds and pepper your dish with spices and garnish for a sensory experience that is sure to leave a lasting impression. Try our recipe for the colourful Spicy Sultans Sirloin - this Moroccan-style meal is adorned with North African spices to impress your sweetheart and leave them literally begging for more.
Layer on the love
Why not make a Sultry Sirloin Gratin for your sweetheart? If your special someone loves Shepherd’s pie this recipe is the perfect way to up the ante. This scrumptious dish allows you to layer so many favourites on top of one another from buttermilk mash potatoes to a mix of your favourite veggies and of course, lean sirloin ground beef. You won’t be able to wait for this dish to come out of the oven. As forks digs in, your lover will uncover a mouth-watering mystery in every level.
Keep the kids at bay, while keeping it interesting
The recipe for Florentine Beef and Cheese Stuffed Shells make two pans, so you can bake one for the kids right away and refrigerate the other to bake for your special dinner. Make the delicious dinner for the kids an hour early and set them up with a double feature, perhaps a little Lady and the Tramp mixed followed by some Harry Potter and get some alone time with you partner or better yet, hire a babysitter and take your time to enjoy the meal!
Tantalize their taste buds
Why not take an ethnic influence from Latin America for your date night and turn the heat on - Muy caliente! The recipe for My Precious Picadillo incorporates sweet red, yellow or green peppers with spicy chili powder and ground cumin in a recipe that is sure to spice up your evening.
Make your own chemistry
By simply adding a few rich and flavourful ingredients to your same old recipes, your darling will start to consider you their own personal gastronomic genius. Make a Rich Romantic Ragoût and master the art of alchemy by combining anchovy, tomato, black olives and red wine to bring ground sirloin’s beefy flavour to the forefront – a potent combination to tease taste buds and brighten the senses. Don’t be afraid to freeze any extra you might have so you always have the sauce on hand for future seduction.