When the Valentine’s Day menu becomes an aphrodisiac

When it comes to creating an aphrodisiac menu, certain dishes or foods are essential and have been used by our ancestors for centuries. We all know the legendary Valentine’s Day meal scene that couldn’t be hotter in the “Sex and The City” saga. Who other than Samantha, the most sultry of the four heroines played by Kim Cattrall, could cover her entire body with homemade sushi, and wait naked in the kitchen for her partner, played by actor Jerry Jerrod, to come home from work ? If this fantasy had marked more than one person, in real life, there are obviously less extreme ways of proceeding, but also effective (or almost)!

An attractive entrance

For starters, we cannot talk about eroticism in cooking without mentioning oysters. An ancestral metonym for the female sexual organ, this mollusk is the aphrodisiac food par excellence not to be forgotten during Valentine’s Day dinner. Serve raw with a little lemon juice, or accompanied by the classic shallot vinegar. Generally speaking, seafood – and fish – are a must when it comes to boosting libido across the plate. Information that Samantha has integrated well! For example, you can opt for scallops, the chefs’ flagship product during this period of love, to be prepared as a carpaccio, marinated, or roasted accompanied by celery, another food with aphrodisiac virtues.

Hot spices

On the seasoning side, many spices are also known to stimulate the sexual appetite, such as ginger, cinnamon, cardamom and even saffron. We don’t hesitate to add, for the less sensitive, a little spice to our dishes. Indeed, the sensation of heat aroused by the latter is very often associated by the brain with a feeling of excitement.

A dessert sexier than ever

In the land of lovers, chocolate is king. The best-known aphrodisiac, it also promotes the creation of dopamine, the pleasure hormone. Semi-cooked chocolate is thus the ideal option, which recalls, in addition to its high cocoa content, desire and passion with its flowing heart, overflowing with sensuality.