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Scallops In Wine

Type: Shellfish
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2   Scallops
1   Dry white - wine
1   Bay leaf
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozMushroom
2   Eggs
4   Bread to 6
  Parsley
4   Quarters lemon - up to 6

Recipe Instructions

1. Wash and drain the scallops, slice up the mushrooms, separate the white from the yolks and lightly beat the yolks.

2. Put the scallops in a bowl, cover with wine and allow them to soak for 15 minutes with the bay leaf added.

3. Season to taste and cook in wine at a low heat for 15 minutes.

4. Remove the scallops from the wine and drain them and place in a warming dish. Retain the marinade.

5. Fry the mushrooms in butter at a low heat, stirring constantly.

6. Bring the marinade to the boil and add 1/2 teaspoonful of butter. Thicken with the egg yolks.

7. Combine with mushrooms and scallops and douse in the wine sauce.

8. Serve on a bed of bread fried in butter and garnish with parsley and lemon.

Source:
*Kiwi Cookbook, by Alan Armstrong, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, PO Box 1431, Wellington, New Zealand, (C. 1968) ISBN 85467 016 5

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