Valentine dessert - Love filled strawberry Valentine hearts - a sweet love filled Valentine's day dessert for two - one heart one love for ever

Some creativity may be needed - i am spoiled with all - also with the finest fruits of the world here like year round the finest mango and the sweetest strawberries - 12 months a year !! - hence before yesterday i created a Valentine dessert including some tropical fruits only available in very special places such as here in the Philippines or in those places importing exotic fruits year round.

If you lack some of below ingredients - then be creative and make up your own filling with matching fruits or berries. However please note that the spiritual meaning of strawberries is just ideal for the hearts and no substitute is existing at all ! If your lover loves sweet sun ripe strawberries - then she / he loves sweet sexy love !!!!! That is the idea and the purpose of Valentine's day - to refreshen the original bond of love on a physical level ... enjoy both the dessert and the love practice before and after the Valentine dessert.

I made 30 orders - if you need less - then just divide proportional all to fit your quantities of each.

Ingredients for the Valentine heart fillings

• 2 kg sweet small mandarins - peel and cut each slice into half


• 1,5 kg sweet seedless small tasty grapes


• 30 pcs sweet mangostine


• 2 bananas - cut into small slices


• 2 sweet mango - cut into small cubes about 1 cm³


• 0,5 kg strawberries cut into small cubes


• 0,5 ltr Cointreau - i would have preferred Grand Marnier - but had only Cointreau available on the local market


• 0,1 ltr Tanduay - a local brown Rum 80% - you may take any local brown Rum in your country or if imported take a fine high percentage old Jamaica Rum


• 50-80 gr of brown sugar

Mix all above in a glass bowl and let it rest for about an hour - note that the quantity of alcohol is tiny compared to the number of portions and hence this desert is also safe for children of sufficient age. the Cointreau or Grand marnier gives the strawberry heart filling an exotic touch in flavor - so does the Rum !

Ingredients for the Strawberry hearts

1. 4 kg dark red fresh strawberries


2. icing sugar - use a fine mesh strainer to apply icing sugar in finest dust on top of plate and strawberries

I served one big flat plate for two persons ( or a small plate for singles ) - hence you now wash the strawberries just minutes before serving - always prepare fresh when ordered never before - else the strawberries look messy.

How to prepare the filled strawberry heart Valentine's dessert

1. powder the flat large plate with icing sugar gently - a very thin layer of icing sugar only


2. now you cut one by one the strawberries into half and place them on the plate to form a large nice heart. cut them one by one - why ? - when you cut ONE strawberry - start top tip of heart and bottom tip of heart - then continue next strawberry top left and right - ... and so on - by using always two halves of ONE strawberry it is easier to make a even shaped heart than when you first cut all strawberries and then have mixed halves of different sizes !! It appeared easiest to me to start on top always left/right with halves of ONE strawberry - you may select for all heart strawberries of similar size. Best taste usually are strawberries of smaller variety and of course fresh and dark red sun ripe and tasty - try before you buy


3. the heart will be about 12 - 15 cm in size depending on plate size - in the the inner space of the heart you may add another few strawberry halves


4. the heart shape finished - you now fill the inside of the heart with the fresh fruit cocktail we prepared in advance as above


5. when finished - you cover all with a gentle dust of icing sugar - to achieve a fine dust easiest is to use a fine mesh strainer

Serve with love - one spoon / one fork - for one couple to share all - all love and all life.

enjoy

needless to say that actually every day of all year should be Valentine's day- a day to love and prove love to each other - hence you can prepare above Valentine's dessert any time of the year.

What to do if you miss above ingredients for a tropical exotic Valentine's dessert and you are living in cold climate zones ??

Having grown up in central Europe - here an alternative filling for the strawberry hearts - the strawberries itself usually are found imported in fine selected stores.

an alternate filling in cold climate zone could be:

• raspberries


• blackberries


• red currants or blueberries


• Drambuie liquor


• sweeten with brown sugar


• let rest for 10 - 20 minutes then mix with fresh self made whipped cream and fill the hearts

note that ALL above alternate berries are of excellent quality even when used deep frozen ...

- strawberries however never really survive deep freezing - strawberries are like sweet sexy love - they need to be consumed fresh and immediately - never store them for hours or days !!