Rice with Mushrooms for Saint Valentines

Ingredients:

1 liter of chicken broth
1 ½ cups rice
½ kg mushrooms, cut into strips
½ stick butter
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp ground ginger
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Cook rice with chicken broth, salt and ginger.

Fry the onion in butter.
Add the celery and when soft add the mushrooms.
Season it with salt and pepper.
Add the rice, stir and serve.

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.

Sweet Potato Trees for Christmas

Ingredients:

1 kg sweet potatoes, peeled and cookedArbolitos de Camote para la cena de Navidad
90 g butter
½ onion, finely chopped
1 envelope chicken broth
Pomegranate seeds
Parsley

Preparing:

Mash the cooked sweet potato.

Fry the onion in butter.
Add sweet potato puree and seasoned with chicken broth.
Place the puree into a pastry bag to form trees.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and parsley.

Ingredients:
1 kg sweet potato, peeled and cooked
90 g butter
½ onion, finely chopped
1 envelope chicken broth
Pomegranate seeds
Parsley
Preparing:
Mash the cooked sweet potato.
Fry the onion in butter.
Add sweet potato puree and seasoned with chicken broth.
Place the puree into a pastry bag to form trees.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds and parsley.