Saint Valentine’s Tenderloin with Pears and Malbec Honey

Ingredients:

4 medallions of beef tenderloin
3 ripe pears, thinly sliced
½ t Malbec wine
1 carrot, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
½ onion, cut into strips
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp honey
1 tsp olive oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat oven to 180ºC (350ºF).

Fry the onion, garlic and carrot in olive oil for 5 minutes. .
Transfer to a bowl and reserve.
Brown spiced medallions in the same skillet on both sides.
Bake medallions for 10 minutes.

Return vegetables to skillet and add Malbec wine.
Add the balsamic vinegar, honey and butter when the wine has been reduced to a third par, and whisk well.
Add pears and wait about 3 minutes.
Strain the sauce, add salt and pepper and reserve the pears.

Serve the medallions, bathe with the sauce and accompanied by pears.

Olive Octopus Carpaccio

Ingredients:

800 g of cooked octopus, cut into slices
¾ t olive oil
1 small can boneless olives
1 egg
1 tsp ketchup
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Blend the egg into the blender.
Pour the olive oil and blend.
Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to form a mayonnaise.
Add the ketchup and olives and blend until form a homogeneous mixture.
Bathe cooked octopus with mayonnaise and serve.

Chicken Quesadilla

Ingredients:

4 large flour tortillas
150 g of mashed beans
150 g boneless chicken breast
100 g shredded mozzarella cheese
1 avocado
1 tbsp oil
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook spiced chicken breast in a skillet with oil.
Cut into strips.

Place on each tortilla a bit of beans, chicken, avocado and mozzarella cheese.
Season it with salt and pepper.
Place another tortilla on top.

Cook in a skillet or griddle until brown on both sides and serve.