Sea Scallops a la Nage with Julienned Vegetables
- One 11/4 pounds sea-scallops with shell
- Salt and pepper
- 2 medium leeks, including 1 inch of green
- 2 large carrots, peeled
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 bouquet garni: 3 fresh thyme sprigs or 1/2 teaspoon dried, a small bunch of parsley, and a bay leaf tied up with string (or in cheesecloth for dried thyme)
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup tarragon butter
- 1 medium turnip
- Cut the leeks in half lenghtwise and hold them under running water while flipping through the leaves to rinse out any sand.
- Cut the leaves 2 or 3 at a time into fine julienne.
- If the leaves are more than 4 or 5 inches long, fold them under to make them easier to julienne.
- Juluienne the carrots and turnip into 3- inch lenghts.
- The easiest way to do this is first to slice them with a benriner cutter (a Japanese slicer) and then with a chef's knife.
- Cut the celery stalk into 4-inch sections and julienne it as finely as possible.
- Combine the julienned vegetables, bouquet garni, and just enough water to cover- about a quart- in a 4-quart pot.
- Simmer gently, partially covered, for 15 minutes.
- Add the wine and simmer for 10 minutes more.
- Strain the vegetable broth, reserving the cooked vegetables and broth.
- About 10 minutes before you're ready to serve, put the cooked vegetables with 1/4 cup of the broth in a covered saucepan over low heat.
- Bring the remaining vegetable broth to a simmer in a saute pan just large enough to hold the scallop in a single layer.
- (If the pan is too large, there won't be enough liquid to cover.)
- Gently slide the scallops into the simmering broth.
- If there's not enough liquid to cover the scallops.
- Poach the scallops for 8 minutes.
- Spread 3/4 quarters of the julienned vegetables in shells.
- Carefully arrange the scallop on the vegetables.
- Add the chopped parsley to the simmering poaching liquid, season the liquid with salt and pepper, swirl in 1/4 cup tarragon butter and ladle enough over the fish to come about a third of the way up the sides of the fish.
- Arrange the rest of the julienne over the fish.
shell, salt, leeks, carrots, celery, bouquet garni, white wine, parsley, tarragon butter
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sea-scallops-a-la-nage-with-julienned-vegetables-recipe0.html (may not work)