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Marie Guaragna-Beirne

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Marie has been a cooking instructor for over five years at the Arlington Adult Education center and also teaches private cooking instruction. Marie is the president of MGB Special Events located in Arlington, Virginia.  MGB is a private-client based company specializing in all authentic homemade cuisine. Marie is also a professional bartender and enjoys working at parties in Virginia, DC and Maryland. Marie enjoys catering many diverse events anywhere from small intimate dinners up to parties with 100 guests. Cooking for most of her adult life and was extremely lucky to have had the best cooking coach in the world; her Mom. Marie is of Sicilian decent where there is no finer fare!

How to Make a Valentine's Day Dinner for Two

In this video, Marie Guaragna-Beirne shows you how to make a delicious Valentine's Day dinner for you and your sweetheart.

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How to Make a Valentine's Day Dinner for Two

Ingredients

Escargot Appetizer:

2 or 3 cloves of garlic
1-1 1/2 tablespoons of chives
12 pieces of escargot
Salt
White pepper
Cooking sherry
Butter

Scalloped Potatoes:

Potatoes
Cream
Boursin cheese
Salt
Paprika
Butter


Oysters:
Oysters
Olive oil
Salt
Pepper
Shallots
2 cloves of garlic
Parsley
2-3 tablespoons of cooking sherry


Filet Mignon:

Applewood smoked bacon
2 Filet Mignons

Spinach:

2 bags of Spinach
1-2 cloves of garlic
1/2 a shallot
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil


Rasberry sauce:

12 ounce bag of frozen raspberries
1/2 cup of sugar

 

Whipped cream:
1 cup of whipped cream
1/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of almond extract

 

Strawberry dessert:

Fresh sliced strawberries
Raspberry sauce
Fresh whipped cream

 

 

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Marie Guaragna: Hi! I am Marie Guaragna with MGB Special Events in Arlington, Virginia and today I am going to show you how to make a wonderful romantic dinner for two for your special valentine on Valentine's Day. We are going to start with a wonderful Escargot appetizer. Then we are going to have a Filet Mignon stuffed with Oysters wrapped in bacon and we are going to have some boursin scalloped potatoes along side of a wonderful sauted spinach and garlic and then we are going to wrap it all up with some fresh strawberries, with some homemade almond whipped cream and topping it off with a raspberry sauce.

So, today we are going to be making a lot of different dishes; that we'll go over the ingredients as we go along; but for now let's talk about safety. We are going to be using sharp knives and make sure you're always careful with that. Handling raw meat, you should always wash your hands and all the utensils that we are going to using today.

The only special item might be an Escargot dish, but everything else you should have in your kitchen. So, I'll show you that as we go along. So, let me tell just a little bit about myself before we get started. MGB Special Events is a private client based company here located in Arlington Virginia. We pride ourselves on all homemade dishes and I am the head chef, if you will and I am also a bartender and teach cooking classes in Arlington, Virginia to adults or children or whoever wants to come to my classes. So, hopefully you are going to enjoy today's romantic dinner for two for your special valentine. So, let's get started.

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