Sunday, October 07, 2007

One of Mark's favourite recipe


WARM SALAD OF ENDIVES WITH SHRIMPS AND SCALLOPS



Ingredients:

  • 1/2 Lb shrimp

  • 1/2 Lb scallops
  • 2 belgin endives

  • 1 chicory lettuce

  • 1/4 cup olive oil

  • 4 Tbs of Vodka

  • salt and pepper
  • Chopped parsley to sprinkle (decoration)

Vinaigrette:

  • 1 egg yolk

  • 1tbs green peppercorn crushed

  • 1/4 cup Champagne or white wine vinegar

  • 1/4 cup Olive Oil

  • 1/4 Walnut Oil

  • Salt
  • (optional 1/2 tsp of Dijon Mustard)

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  1. Peel and devein the shrimp. Clean the sinews off the scallops and slice if necessary.

  2. Wash the endive and cut in julienne. Trim and wash the chicory lettuce.

  3. Prepare the vinaigrette by whisking, add the oils slowly, to form an emulsion.


  4. heat some olive oil in a pan(not too hot, or else the shrimp and scallops will end up with a "plasticy" texture) and saute the shrimp and scallops. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. Flambe the pan with some Vodka. Set aside.


  5. In the saute pan, add more olive oil and heat the lettuces, stiring well.


  6. To serve, arrange the lettuces shrimp and scallops attractively on a plate. Sprinkle with the vinaigrette and chopped parsley. (I did not have any parsley but I happened to have loads of chives in the garden and used that for decoration although a little strong flavour for the recipe).

Bon Apetit!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ok got the message! this instead of Boerenkool, hein?!

Adoption Blog said...

YEAP! But don't worry I LOVE BOERENKOOL so I'll be more than happy to eat his serving !!!

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