Jan 18 2009
Broiled Scallops, with Corn and Edamame, and Arugula salad
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The flavors worked really well together and the plate itself was beautiful—pretty as a picture, maybe I should have taken one…
Okay, cooking the scallops were easy enough—broiled, basted with a little brown butter (Beurre Noisette) and olive oil after the butter browned, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper—that’s it! Except for timing, don’t over cook them! Warm moist center, medium if you will…
The white corn edamame mix also easy enough, steam separately and season with kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper after it’s cooked—mix the two together.
Arugula salad, very complicated… splash of olive oil, 2 splashed of balsamic, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper—that’s it!
The sauce… you don’t want to overwhelm the subtle flavor of the scallops so you have to be careful here. You’re not going to drown the scallops in sauce, not the idea! The sauce is a cream reduction laced with sherry, sauvignon blanc, Cognac, browned garlic in olive oil, shaved fresh fennel, fennel seed, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper, and (thrown into the sauce right before plating) sweet red seedless grapes sliced in half as a garnish.
So we have the simply delicious and colorful corn edamame at 1-3 O’clock, arugula salad with a hint of sweet tartness dressing, piled high from 7-11 O’clock, and the perfectly (that’s what Mindy said…) broiled scallops placed on top of a spoonful of sauce at 3-7 O’clock and also topped with a couple of spoonfuls of delectable sauce! Mindy said it was in the top 5—it was good!
I hope I was able to at least paint the picture for you…
—iChef
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Some related commentary.
And for those of you who will ask for the recipe—that was it! I even included instructions… (TRL rules…)
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I learned this recipe and preparation techniques on Wii Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine *shaking head, closed eyes, biting upper lip* My father weeps…
But while searching for Wii Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (which we do own by the way) for this post, I did find come across —Mario and Tony, no they’re not brothers and their first name isn’t Super! But they are two chefs that kick serious ass in the kitchen and in the bookstore!
Wii Iron Chef reviewed by Grant Butler, The Oregonian. Virtual cooking — game on!
There’s no clean-up or calories, but can video games about cooking come close to the fun of the real thing?
