Here is a full course aphrodisiac meal to rekindle the flames… So what are you waiting for? Put that apron on. And start cooking. We got here a list of aphrodisiac recipes compiled by the best in Bangalore, a full course meal of love. We’ve got everything from a Whitehouse Recipe (no poached interns here just poached oysters) to a spicy Vanilla Heater (recommended when the lights are dim).
The Salad
Ingredients and Method: Throw together one diced cucumber, ½ tsp ajwain, grapes, ½ cup raisins, lime juice, fresh cream, honey (1 tbsp), and dill leaves. And there you have it… salad a la turn-on.
(What do grapes do? Well, the Greek god Dionysus was not only the god of wine but also the god of fertility and procreation.)
The Cocktail
Spicy Vanilla Heater:
Ingredients: Vanilla – 1 pod; cinnamon powder – 2 gms; cognac – large; cream – 60 ml; crushed ice.
Method: Make an extract of vanilla and cinnamon in some water; Cool and set aside; In a parsit glass, put a little crushed ice, heat the vanilla extract, flambé with the rest of the cognac; Pour flaming mixture into glass.
(Vanilla is a powerful aphrodisiac)
The main course
Rum flamed chilli garlic prawns (Makes four potions… er… portions):
Ingredients: olive oil – One tsp; garlic – Two tsp; prawns – 16 medium size; dark rum – three tsp; green and red capsicum cut into very small dices – one tsp each; dried red chillies – 12 half cm diamonds; cold butter – 60 g; green asparagus – 12 spears
Method: Heat one tsp olive oil in a pan and sauté two tsp chopped garlic till golden; Add 16 medium sized prawns (shelled and de-veined) and sear them; Flame with 15 ml dark rum by adding rum to the hot pan and tilting the pan towards the flame so that the rum catches fire; Allow the rum to burn;
Now add one tsp each of fine chopped red and green capsicum, 12 diamonds of dried red chillies; Cook on slow fire for one min; Add two tbsp of chicken stock or water and cook for one min; Take the pan off the fire and add 60 g of cold butter; Blend the butter to make a sauce; Arrange prawns on a plate and pour sauce. Serve it with boiled green asparagus.
Lobster/prawn in saffron jus
Ingredients: Lobster / prawn – 500 g; Garlic – 1 pod; Saffron – 1 pinch; Shallots – 30 gms; White wine – 50 ml; Cream – 100 ml; Parsley – 10 gms; Olive oil – 15 ml.
Method: Shell and de-vein the seafood; Marinate with a little white wine and seasoning (salt and pepper); Remove outer loose skin of the garlic pod and roast in the over for about 30-40 minutes till it softens; Skin and remove flesh and puree; In a pan, heat olive oil and add the freshly chopped shallots and garlic puree; Add the herbs and the seasoning and sauté rapidly; Deglace with wine and let it simmer in its own juice; Add the cream, seasoning and saffron; Simmer till thickens; Serve with garlic rice or risotto.
(A little about what effect your garlic is going to have: It makes food more appetising, stimulates the secretion of gastric juices, increases the appetite and contributes to a feeling of ‘well-being’.
And the saffron: Supposedly makes erogenous zones even more sensitive.
Oyster Gratinee (This is called the Whitehouse recipe and is what Bill Clinton used to eat. Oyster is a major aphrodisiac)
Ingredients: Oysters – 12; White wine – 50 ml; Fish stock – 30 ml; shallot – minced; mushroom minced – 50 gms; Brown sauce reduced (cooking till it becomes demi-glaced) – 150 ml; Tomato puree – 30 gms; chopped parsley – 1 tbsp; salt and pepper – to taste; Bread crumbs – 40 gms; Garlic mince – 5 gms.
Method: Remove oysters from their shells; Place in a buttered pan; Add white wine and fish stocks to the pan; Poach oysters until the edges are removed; Remove and place back in shell; Strain the poaching liquid; Add shallots, mushrooms and garlic mince; Cook till it reduces by half; Add brown sauce and tomato puree and reduce until sauce consistency; Add parsley and season with salt and pepper; Spoon the sauce over the oysters and sprinkle bread crumbs on top and bake in oven until brown.
For dessert, the consensus was to go totally sinful on chocolate.
LOVE BREADS
I have no idea if this is true, but it makes for a rather interesting highlight. Apparently, around 1000 AD, after the wheat had been harvested, a woman would undress and roll around in it. After she was done, the wheat was taken away to be threshed. After milling the woman used the flour to make her ‘love breads’. Any man eating this bread would immediately desire the woman.