Aphrodisiac and made with love

I was thinking last day at what could be a perfect recipe for S.Valentine's day. Also considering that I’m not a big fan of this day, because a bit too fake for my taste, it's true that at the end I always try to organize something a bit special.

What are you going to do this year? I have some last minute suggestions for you! In fact S.Valentine doesn't absolutely means expensive restaurants, but what about a nice and quick dish prepared at home with love and care? Just surprise your half and yourself too with a different dinner.

So what can be good for S.Valentine? "Aphrodisiac food "everyone would answer, and what is more aphrodisiac than a bit of chili. Lot's of italian dishes use this ingredients, so you have a big choice. From the easiest recipe of spaghetti with garlic, olive oil and chili (just hot up some oil, add chili and crushed garlic cloves, then toss the spaghetti in there and serve it without parmesan) to some paccheri with seafood or fresh fish for example.

I went to the market last day and I found some great squid, king prawns and scallops and I was already drooling. I personally prefer the pasta with fish in white sauce, just with chili, garlic, olive oil and white wine, but it's also very common to add some fresh cherry tomatoes or a bit of tomato sauce. The result is anyway great!

Here the ingredients for my S. Valentine dish:

- 200gr of Paccheri Pastificio dei Campi (better if you can take the "duetto" box... What can be more romantic than a packet made for just 2 people?)

- 4 big king prawns

- 2 calamari

- some scallops if you find them

- parsley, salt, chili

- a glass of white wine

- extra virgin olive oil

- 2-3 garlic cloves

Put some olive oil in a pan and crush there the garlic cloves and some chili. Put some water to boil and then start to clean and wash the fish. Cut the calamari in slices and the scallops if you want, while put the prawns to boil for one minute.

Add all the fish to the pan and let it cook for a bit. Then pour a bit of white wine and let evaporate. Add some salt, chopped parsley and a slice of butter (this is my secret touch to make everything even more tastier). Finally drain the pasta and finish the cooking in the pan with the rest of the fish and sauce.

When ready just serve it with a sparkle of fresh pepper if you want or parsley but not Parmesan please! 

I wish a great S.Valentine's day to everyone.