Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Baked Sea Scallops - Yum, Yum, Yum!


Rivals my other favorite scallop recipe - maybe even better. I LOVE scallops. I made it with steamed green beans (steamed with rock, sea salt). I used about half as many scallops, and just reduced everything else by eye. I would recommend mixing the bread crumbs in with the onion mix when adding over scallops. Mine didn't mix in so well, but it could be the way I reduced the recipe!


Ingredients:
2 lbs scallops (about 4 cups)
1 cup dry white wine
Salt
6 Tbsp unsalted butter, separated 3 Tbsp and 3 Tbsp
1 medium onion, chopped fine
2 1/2 Tbsp flour
1/2 cup fine bread crumbs

Method:
1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Place scallops in a medium sauté pan. Add the wine and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover and simmer for 4 minutes. No longer. Remove the scallops to a 1.5 quart casserole baking dish. Pour off the cooking liquid to a separate container and reserve.

2 Heat 3 Tbsp butter in the sauté pan on medium heat. Add the onions and cook until wilted, a couple minutes.

3 Slowly sprinkle the flour and add the cooking liquid over the butter onion mixture, whisking vigorously while you do so. As soon as the sauce is thickened, add it to the scallops in the casserole baking dish. Stir to fully incorporate the scallops into the sauce.

4 Sprinkle bread crumbs over the scallops and dot with the remaining 3 Tbsp butter. Bake in the oven at 400°F until bubbly and brown, approximately 15 minutes.
Serves 6.

2 comments:

Jess said...

Did you take that food picture? Looks yummy!

Katie said...

Ganked it from the recipe website... oh but if you like scallops - you have to try the recipe!