Scallopscharleston Recipes

SCALLOPS CHARLESTON

Steps:

• Season scallops with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika, and basil. Dust scallops with flour. Saute in a pan that has been lightly coated with nonstick cooking spray and a small amount of olive oil. Cook scallops on both sides until browned. Remove scallops from pan.
• To the drippings in the pan, add sherry, shallots, and mushrooms; cook for approximately 3 to 4 minutes.
• In a separate saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and add 3 tablespoons flour. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes over low heat, stirring constantly. Pour shallots, mushrooms, and liquid from scallops into flour mixture. Mix well. Stir scallops into sauce. (If too thick, you can thin with clam juice or fish or chicken stock.)
• Transfer to 4 individual baking dishes, top with cheese, and broil for 1 minute, until browned. Serve with wild rice.

SIMPLY SEARED SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Pat sea scallops dry with paper towels. Season with some lemon juice, salt, and pepper on one side.
• Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over high heat. Place scallops in the skillet seasoned-side down. Cook until browned on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Season with remaining lemon juice, salt, and pepper; flip. Continue cooking until opaque, about 2 minutes more. Garnish with lemon zest.

SCALLOPS CHARLESTON-STYLE

Steps:

• place shallots mushrooms, scallops and parsley in saute pan. do not mix. add wine lemon juice and water. season with salt, pepper, and paprika. gently stir and cover with sheet of waxed paper. bring to a boil over med heat.
• as soon as liquid starts to boil, remove pan from heat, let stand 2 minutes.
• using a slotted spoon, remove scallops from pan and set aside in bowl.
• return pan to stove and cook mushrooms and liquid 4 minutes over high heat.
• melt butter in saucepan over med heat. add flour and mix well, cook 2 minutes over low heat.
• pour mushrooms and cooking liquid from scallops into flour mixture in saucepan, mix well, and cook sauce 10 minutes over low heat.
• stir scallops into mushroom sauce. transfer mixture to ovenproof baking dish and top with cheese. broil in oven 4 minutes to brown.
• Serve while hot.