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Jamie OIiver’s quick and easy Valentine’s Day menu

by Jessica Lockyer-Palmer

published on 8 February 2018, last updated on 8 February 2024

However loved up you may be, finding the time to cook an elaborate meal for your valentine this year may not be an option. Enter Jamie Oliver’s quick & easy Valentine’s Day menu featuring three impressive but fuss-free recipes from his ground-breaking cookbook, 5 Ingredients Quick & Easy Food. The whole meal will be ready so quickly you’ll have hours more to stare lovingly into each other’s eyes. Cupid has nothing on Jamie.

From the book

Starter

Sizzling Seared Scallops

Sizzling Seared Scallops

Get things off to a sizzling start with this quicky and easy starter combining the bold flavours of black pudding with delicate scallop. 

Main

Epic Rib-Eye Steak

Jamie Oliver’s Epic Rib-Eye Steak

With flavours of garlic, rosemary, and mushroom, we agree with Jamie that this really is an epic steak dish and a fitting main course for your Valentine. If your sweetheart is vegetarian, there are plenty of great recipes from 5 Ingredients Quick & Easy Food for you to choose from here.

Dessert

Cherry Chocolate Mousse

Jamie Oliver’s Cherry Chocolate Mousse

Ready in just half an hour, this rich and creamy chocolate mousse is topped with black cherries. If this doesn’t have them swooning, we don’t know what will.

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