Lobster Scallops With Saffron Blood Orange Vanilla Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• To make consomme: Put all ingredients into a stockpot and bring to a boil. Cook until liquid is reduced by two-thirds. Strain and season with salt and pepper, if necessary
• Take claws out of shells, try to keep whole. Take tails out of shells and cut in half. Blanch the ramps in boiling salted water for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the leeks and saute for 5 to 10 min. Add blanched ramps and cook until leeks and ramps caramelize to a golden brown. Sautee mushrooms with shallot and garlic in olive oil. Place a saute pan over high heat and add the remaining butter. Heat until butter turns golden brown, sear scallops on both sides until golden brown. If necessary, finish scallops in oven. Lay out 8 bowls and mound the leek and ramp mixture in the center. Next arrange the scallops, haricots verts and mushrooms. Lay the half tail down on the leeks and place the claw on top. Pour the hot consomme into the bowl and top with micro-greens and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring the white wine to a boil over high heat. Add the lobster, cover, reduce heat and steam for 10 minutes. Remove the lobster and set aside. Reserve the broth.
• When the lobster is cool, remove the meat from the claws and tail and set aside. Use a sharp knife to split the body and to break the shell into 2- to 3-inch chunks. Place the shells in the reserved lobster broth over low heat, and simmer for 1 hour. Strain and set aside.
• Melt 1 teaspoon of the butter in a clean saucepan. Add the shallots, and saute until softened, about 30 seconds. Add the lobster broth and the sparkling wine, and bring to a slow simmer. Add the scallops, and simmer just until cooked through, about 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon, place in a bowl and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Place 2 cups of the poaching liquid in a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes. Add the saffron, and simmer until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 10 minutes. Cut the remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons butter into small pieces. Remove the sauce from the heat, and gradually whisk in the butter. Carefully stir in the caviar to avoid breaking the eggs.
• Cut the lobster meat into bite-size chunks. Steam the spinach just until wilted, and divide among 4 plates. Divide the scallops among the plates, sprinkle with lobster chunks and spoon the sauce over the scallops and lobster. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• For the sauce: Add the butter to a small saucepan and heat on medium-high heat. Add the garlic and onions and sweat until light brown. Add the flour and stir until mixed. Add the white wine and mix with a whisk. Add the cream and lobster stock and bring to simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the brandy, hot sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Cool and set aside. Warm in a small saucepan as needed.
• For the scallops: Heat a nonstick pan over high heat. Add the oil. Then lightly salt the scallops and add to the pan. Cook the scallops about 1 1/2 minutes on each side.
• Warm 4 ounces of lobster sauce and place on the plate. Land the scallops over the lobster sauce, drizzle with truffle oil and serve with rice or potatoes and your favorite vegetables.

Steps:

• Place lobster tails upside down on work surface so underside of tail faces up. Cut through tail vertically to make two tall strips, then cut sideways to make four total pieces.
• Remove soft shell strips and pull tail away from remaining hard shell.
• Heat a large straight-sided frying pan or Dutch oven over medium-low heat.
• Add water and 1/4 of butter to pan and whisk until butter is nearly melted. Repeat 3 times, and after last addition of butter, add thyme to pan.
• Add lobster to pan and cover. Cook for 5 minutes, basting occasionally if lobster tails are not completely submerged in butter, then turn off heat.
• Ladle 2/3 cup butter from lobster pan into a medium saucepan set over medium heat. Add garlic and saffron and cook until garlic is fragrant (be careful not to brown garlic), about 2 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove garlic and discard.
• Add champagne to saffron butter in pan and simmer slowly for 2 minutes Add cream and bring to a simmer, then reduce heat and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Meanwhile combine softened butter with flour with a fork, then add to saucepan. Cook, stirring, for an additional 2 minutes, or until sauce has thickened.
• Place lobster in center of plate and ladle sauce over lobster. Serve with a couple of lemon wedges and sprinkled with chopped parley.

Steps:

• Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl; sprinkle evenly over veal. Heat 1 tsp oil and 1 tsp butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of veal to skillet. Cook 1 minute on each side or until lightly browned. Remove from skillet; set aside, and keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining olive oil, butter, and veal. Reduce heat to medium. Add the chopped shallots and presliced mushrooms to pan, and cook 1 minutes. Add Irish whiskey, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Add broth and sherry; simmer 3 minutes or just until sauce begins to thicken. Return veal to pan. Cover and simmer 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Place veal on a serving platter and top with mushrooms and sauce. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley, if desired. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Put wine, fish stock and saffron in a pan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
• Season the scallops with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a large heavy bottom skillet. Add onion and garlic and cook for five minutes or until soft. Add the scallops and cook gently for five minutes stirring occasionally, or until they turn just opaque. Be careful not to overcook.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the scallops from the skillet and transfer to a warmed plate. Add the saffron liquid to the skillet, bring to a boil, and boil rapidly until reduced to about half. Lower the heat and gradually stir in the cream, just a little at a time. Let simmer gently until the sauce thickens.
• Return the scallops to the skillet and let simmer for 1-2 minutes just to heat them through. Add a squeeze of lemon juice and season to taste with salt and pepper. serve the scallops hot, garnished with parsley, and accompanied by chunks or slices of crusty bread for mopping up the saffron sauce.

Steps:

• Heat 1 Tbsp butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and saute until transluscent. Add white wine and reduce by 2/3. Add chicken stock, vanilla bean and saffron. Reduce by 1/2. Add zest, and orange juice and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat, strain and gradually whisk in remaining butter, until well emulsified. Whisk in chives and thyme, set aside, keeping warm. Place scallops on paper towel and season with salt and pepper. Add oil to large saute pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add scallops and saute for 1-2 minutesw per side, or until golden brown. Turn scallops over using tongs and brown opposite side. While scallops are cooking, add chopped lobster and orange segments to warm sauce and stir to heat thoroughly. Divide warm lobster and orange mix into warm serving dishes and top each with scallops.

Steps:

• In a small skillet, heat oil over medium-high. Season scallops with salt and pepper; cook until browned and opaque throughout, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; cover loosely with foil. Cut orange segments into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Reduce heat to medium, add wine to skillet, and cook 30 seconds. Add butter and 3 tablespoons orange juice and cook, swirling, until sauce is thickened, 1 minute. Remove from heat and add chives and orange pieces. Season with salt and pepper and spoon over scallops and couscous.