Sauteed Langoustine With Chardonnay Reduction Recipes

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt butter with olive oil. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add wine or broth, salt, red pepper flakes and plenty of black pepper and bring to a simmer. Let wine reduce by half, about 2 minutes.
• Add shrimp and sauté until they just turn pink, 2 to 4 minutes depending upon their size. Stir in the parsley and lemon juice and serve over pasta or accompanied by crusty bread.

Steps:

• Remove the heads, lungs and shells from the langoustines (you can reserve heads and shells to make stock; they may be frozen). Devein and season lightly with salt and pepper. In a deep sauté pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium high heat. When it simmers, place the langoustines on their sides so that they curl up in the pan. As soon as one side is caramelized, about 1/2 minute, gently turn; add butter and bay leaf. Baste continuously for 2 minutes. They should still be a little translucent at the center. Remove from the pan and drain. Sprinkle with olive oil. (Craft uses lemon olive oil; you can sprinkle a little lemon juice if you can't find this.) Serve.

Steps:

• Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, saute scallops in oil until firm and opaque. Remove and keep warm., Add wine to the skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in the orange juice, onion, oregano, mustard and garlic. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until reduced by half, 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in butter until melted. Serve with scallops.

Steps:

• In a 12 to 14 inch saute pan, heat the olive oil and garlic until just sizzling.
• Add the broccoli and cook, tossing regularly for 8-10 minutes, until the stem is tender.
• Use the wine to slow the cooking down if the garlic begins to brown.
• When the broccoli is tender, add the chili flakes and zest.
• Place on platter and enjoy!

Steps:

• For langoustines:
• Separate the head from the tail and reserve the heads. Using kitchen shears, carefully cut the shell on the underside of the tail up to the last section before the "fins". You want to leave this on because it will protect the thinner part of the tail meat from over cooking. Discard the shell fragments and wrap and refrigerate the cleaned tails immediately.
• For shellfish butter:
• Preheat oven to 300°F. Put the heads in a roasting pan. Slowly roast at 300°F until dry (about 15 minutes). Add butter, let it melt until it has foamed, but before the milk solids begin to brown (noisette) and add water. Let cook for 2 hours at 200°F. Strain in a bowl, let it congeal in the refrigerator and separate the butter from the water. Discard the remaining water. Melt the butter and strain through cheese cloth. Yields about 3 oz.
• For langoustine broth:
• In a sauté pan over medium heat, slowly sauté the langoustine heads with the shellfish butter. Pour the chicken stock, cook slowly. Skim the surface of the broth. Let cook for about an hour. Strain the broth through cheesecloth. Yields about 1 1/2 cups.
• For the Chardonnay reduction:
• Cut the onions in quarters, dice the quince, and simmer slowly in a pot with 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter. The vegetables shouldn't take on any color. Add the grapefruit zest, vanilla seed and pepper. Pour the wine and the langoustine broth; reduce quickly on the stove. When the liquid has been halved, add the remaining butter. Continue until the sauce reaches a desired consistency (about 15 minutes). Add the chili and mint; let them infuse for a few minutes and strain the sauce. Reserve for final assembly of the dish.
• For the salsify:
• Peel the salsify and slice into two inch pieces on the bias. Season with salt and olive oil. In a sauté pan, add half the duck fat; pan fry the salsify, add the chicken stock and butter. Cook quickly on the stove. Reduce the stock completely and remove the salsify. Heat a clean frying pan until it's very warm, pour the remaining duck fat, and roast the salsify until it has a golden color. Season with pepper and "fleur de sel." Reserve on the side until you are ready to plate the dish.
• For the truffle dressing:
• Mix all the ingredients together; macerate the basil (whole leaves) in the vinaigrette. Season the broccoli sprouts with the truffle vinaigrette right before serving.
• Final assembly:
• All of the ingredients are served warm with the exception of the broccoli sprouts. Make sure that you have all of the components of the dish ready for plating before you cook the shellfish - salsify and sauce are warm and broccoli sprouts are dressed with the vinaigrette. When you are ready to serve, heat a saut pan, add the remaining shellfish butter and place the seasoned shellfish in the pan. After about 1 minute, turn the shellfish over and finish cooking (2 to 3 minutes).
• Presentation:
• Arrange the salsify around the plate. Put the langoustine tails on top (tail out) and the dressed broccoli sprouts in the center of the plate. Spoon Chardonnay reduction over langoustine tails and serve immediately.