Lobster Scallops With Saffron Blood Orange Vanilla Sauce Recipes

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• For blood orange gastrique:
• Place sugar in heavy medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat until sugar begins to melt. Stir until sugar dissolves, then cook without stirring until deep golden, about 5 minutes. Gradually add vinegar (mixture will harden). Stir until caramel melts, about 1 minute. Add orange juice; boil until mixture begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Add broth; boil until gastrique coats spoon and is reduced to generous 1/2 cup, about 15 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 days ahead. Cover; chill. Rewarm over medium heat.
• For scallops and brussels sprouts:
• Mix orange segments, parsley, mint, and tarragon in medium bowl. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil; toss to coat. Season salad with coarse salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add brussels sprouts and toss until just tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer brussels sprouts to bowl. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to same skillet. Sprinkle scallops with salt and pepper. Add scallops to skillet and cook until browned and just opaque in center, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Arrange scallops and brussels sprouts on plates. Drizzle gastrique over scallops. Garnish with salad.

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• 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.

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• Dressing: Juice the blood oranges. In heavy sauce pan on low, heat till reduces to about half, stiring consintly. let cool. In blender, combine the mustard, OJ, ginger, vinager, salt and peper to taste, blend. Slowly drizzle in oil till fully emulsified. mix in taragon last, but do not blend. Salad: Brake apart live lobster and saute the claws and tail over medium heat in a large skillet until cooked, about 5 min. (can freeze rest of head and claws for stock) Cool to room temp. then crack shells, extract meat, careful to get the claws out in whole pieces. Set aside. Clean the scallops, taking off the white muscle part. Wash, dry and brake apart the lettuce into indivdual leaves, keep covered in refrigerator until ready to serve. Shave the fennel. Dice the shallot and garlic very small. heat EVOO in the same large skillet (remove any lobster scum) over medium heat. saute the shallot and garlic till just soft, about 1-2 minutes, then add scollops. saute till almost cooked, about 2-3 minutes, then add lobster. mix till heated through, another 1-2 minutes. then turn off heat and add salt to tatse. arange the lettuce leaves on each plate then add fennel. then top with the warm seafood mixture. last, drizzle the dressing all around. garnish with the fennel sprigs.

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• 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.

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• Combine all ingredients (up to chives) with lobster meat and let stand at least 30 minutes in frig for flavors to blend. Spread butter on challah breads on one side and grill on both sides until toasted. Immediately top with lobster mixture and serve.

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• 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.