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Bay Scallops Bourguignonne

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Grains Chicago Appetizers, Bobbie – no, Carrots, Grains, Main dishes 4 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 T Butter
3 Shallots
peeled/thinlysliced
1 Carrot, peeled and diced
1 Rib celery, diced
1 Bay leaf
1 Bottle pinot noir, 3 cups
preferably from Burgundy
1 c Veal stock
Salt and pepper to taste
1 c Cooked couscous
1/4 c Cooked lentils
4 Sprigs fresh thyme
4 Sprigs fresh tarragon
1 Bunch chives, cut into long
pieces
24 Bay scallops
2 T Butter
1/2 Leek, white part only cut
into diamond-shaped
pieces
2 Black truffles or 4 shiitake
mushrooms stems removed
cut into fine julienne
pieces

INSTRUCTIONS

Chef Jacky Pluton of Carlos in Highland Park prepares this dish with
scallops in the shells, which are very difficult to obtain, and uses
fried onion slices and fried rice noodles as part of the garniture.
Prepare the sauce. In a medium saucepan, cook the shallots in 1
tablespoon butter until they become translucent. Add the carrots,
celery and bay leaf and cook an additional 2 minutes, stirring  several
times. Add the wine, bring to a boil and cook until reduced  by half.
Add the stock and continue to reduce until the sauce has a  light syrup
consistency. Strain through a fine sieve and adjust  seasoning with
salt and pepper. Set aside. While sauce is reducing,  prepare couscous
and lentils by package directions. Combine and set  aside. Recipe may
be done ahead to this point. Prepare scallops. Make  a ring of the
couscous-lentil mixture around the interior edge of 4  heat-proof soup
plates and place in a warming oven. Reheat sauce. Add  scallops to
sauce and simmer until just firm, 2 to 3 minutes.  Meanwhile, heat 2
tablespoons butter in a skillet and saut the leek  and truffles until
the leeks are tender, about 2 minutes. Make a bed  of leek and truffles
in the center of each plate. Arrange six  scallops atop each bed and
spoon sauce over the scallops and the  couscous mixture. Garnish with
thyme, tarragon and chives and serve  at once with the same wine used
for the sauce. Yield: Four appetizer  servings Copyright 1995 Chicago
Tribune Date: Sunday, May 28, 1995 MC  formatting by
bobbi744@sojourn.com  Recipe by: Chicago Tribune  Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@sojourn.com>  on Apr 01, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 628
Calories From Fat: 82
Total Fat: 9.4g
Cholesterol: 22.9mg
Sodium: 80.1mg
Potassium: 1344.5mg
Carbohydrates: 129.5g
Fiber: 12.3g
Sugar: 63.9g
Protein: 12.6g


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