Scallops Bordelaise Recipes

CLASSIC FRENCH COQUILLES SAINT-JACQUES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large bowl, mix flour, salt, curry powder, and cayenne pepper. Add scallops to bowl and toss until thoroughly coated in spiced flour mixture.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add scallops to butter and sauté, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 4 minutes. Transfer scallops to a plate and cover to keep warm.
• Add mushrooms and onions to skillet and sauté, frequently stirring, over medium-high heat for 4 minutes, until they start to turn light brown.
• Add white wine to pan and scrape bottom of pan with a spatula to get all the brown bits off pan and into sauce. Reduce heat slightly and simmer until sauce has reduced by half.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in Cognac and scallops.
• Preheat oven broiler. Divide scallop and sauce mixture between six scallop shells or small ovenproof serving dishes.
• Mix bread crumbs, melted butter, and Gruyère cheese; divide and spoon mixture evenly over each dish of scallops. Place dishes about 5 to 6 inches from broiler and cook until scallop mixture is hot, bubbly, and browned on top. Sprinkle with lemon juice and serve immediately.

SCALLOPS IN SHALLOT SAUCE (COQUILLES ST.-JACQUES BORDELAISE)

Steps:

• Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in large, heavy skillet and add scallops. Cook, shaking skillet often and stirring the scallops so they cook evenly, 3 or 4 minutes.
• Heat remaining 4 tablespoons of butter in second skillet and add shallots and bread crumbs. Cook, shaking skillet and stirring, over relatively high heat until shallots are lightly browned.
• When scallops have cooked 3 or 4 minutes and are well heated throughout, scatter shallot mixture over all and stir gently to blend. Sprinkle with parsley and stir. Cook about 30 seconds and serve.

SCALLOPS BORDELAISE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a skillet, combine the butter, onions, garlic and bell pepper, and saute until lightly brown. Turn heat to medium high. Add the scallops, Worcestershire sauce, parsley and sherry, and saute until scallops are light brown in color, about 3 to 5 minutes. Do not overcook. For a beautiful presentation, serve this dish in a scallop shell or deep-rimmed dish and garnish with sliced lemon and fresh parsley sprigs. Serve with hot sourdough bread for dunking in the sauce.

SCALLOPS WITH PASSION FRUIT BEURRE BLANC RECIPE

Steps:

• sautee sea scallops in a little lime olive oil For the Lilikoi Beurre Blanc: (4 servings) Combine shallots, white wine and lemon juice. Reduce to 2 T. over high heat. Add cream. Once liquid bubbles, remove from heat. Whisk butter into reduction, a piece at a time until the butter is fully combined, and is a thicker sauce consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately over scallops, and top with lime zest.

BROILED SCALLOPS WITH CHANTERELLES

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chanterelles in hot butter until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer chanterelles to a bowl. Melt remaining 7 tablespoons butter in the same skillet and reduce heat to low. Cook butter until it turns pale brown and gives off a nutty fragrance, about 5 minutes.
• Stir tomato and balsamic vinegar into browned butter; cook and stir until tomato is soft, about 2 minutes. Stir cooked tomato and browned butter into mushrooms.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Place scallops onto a broiler pan and broil in oven until just opaque, about 2 minutes per side. Serve scallops on a platter topped with chanterelles and sauce.