Scallops With Leeks Mushrooms And Potatoes Recipes

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 12-cup baking dish. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add leeks, and cook until translucent, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Arrange 1/3 of the potatoes in dish, slightly overlapping slices. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the salt, 1/2 of the nutmeg, and pepper, followed by 1/2 of the leeks and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat. Top with remaining potatoes in a spiral. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Combine cream and stock. Pour over cheese and potatoes. Cover with parchment and foil. (Mixture can be refrigerated overnight.)
• Bake for 30 minutes. Increase temperature to 425 degrees, uncover, and cook until top is golden brown and potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes. Let rest for 15 to 30 minutes before serving.

SAUTEED MUSHROOMS AND SCALLOPS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium pan over medium heat. Add mushrooms, cumin, and pepper. Saute until mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Add onion and garlic; saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add scallops; cook and stir until opaque, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.

SCALLOPS WITH LEEKS

Steps:

• Remove the scallops from their shells, or ask your fishmonger to do this. Separate the white flesh from the corals, and detach the hard skin around the white and the tiny black sack from the coral. Wash clean under a running tap. Halve the whites horizontally. Leave to dry off on some paper towels.
• Wash the leeks and discard the green parts. Slice the white stems lengthwise into narrow strips about 2 inches long. Place in a saucepan with 1-ounce of the butter, a pinch of salt and 8 tablespoons of water. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Keep hot.
• In another pan melt the rest of the butter and then gently cook the shallots until they are soft. Add the wine, vermouth and scallops with their corals. Bring just to the boiling point, then turn the heat very low and simmer for exactly 2 minutes, or less if the scallops are small.
• Remove the leeks from their liquid using a slotted spoon and place in the heated dish. With the same spoon place the scallops on top. Add the leek juice to the scallop juice and boil until the liquid is reduced to 8 tablespoons. Pour in the cream, return to the boil and bubble for a moment or two. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over the scallops. Scatter with the chopped parsley.

SCALLOPS WITH LEEKS, MUSHROOMS AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in a steamer, cover and steam over the liquid for 5 minutes. Add the leeks, mushrooms and scallops and sprinkle with parsley. Steam until the scallops are just cooked through, about 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide among 4 plates and serve immediately.

SCALLOPS, MUSHROOM, PEA PIE WITH COLCANNON TOPPING

Steps:

• Calcannon:.
• In a medium pot bring the potatoes and water to cover to a boil and simmer until tender.
• Meanwhile in a small pot simmer the cabbage, covered, with water 10-15 minutes. Drain, add butter to melt and set aside and keep warm.
• Meanwhile in a small pot simmer the leeks, covered, in the milk for 10 minutes. Set aside and keep warm keep warm.
• Drain the potatoes and mash them, using a potato ricer or masher, into.
• a large bowl. Add the leeks with their milk, and the cooked cabbage.
• Stir with a wooden spoon until fluffy. Season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
• Scallops and Mushrooms:.
• Simmer the scallops, bay leaf, leeks and salt and pepper to taste in milk for.
• 5 minutes.
• Strain the milk, discard bay leaf and reserve leeks.
• Melt the butter add flour, stir well. Gradually add heated cream, garlic, pepper flakes and whiskey. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, peas, scallop, and leeks.
• Butter a deep pie pan or a casserole pan.
• Pour the scallop mixture in pan.
• Mound potatoes on the fish and top with melted butter.
• Place a a sheet pan and bake to warm and brown top lightly. About 20-30 minutes.
• Garnish with parsley.
• Yield: Makes 6 servings.

SCALLOPS WITH SNAIL-GARLIC BUTTER AND LEEKS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a large heavy skillet over moderate heat until foam subsides. Stir in leeks and season with salt. Reduce heat to low and cook leeks, covered, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm, covered.
• Purée remaining 4 tablespoons butter, garlic, 2 tablespoons parsley, and chopped snails in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper.
• Put 1 scallop in each shell and arrange in a shallow baking pan. (Alternatively, arrange scallops about 1 inch apart in gratin dish.) Season scallops with salt and pepper, then dot each with 1 teaspoon snail-garlic butter. Bake in middle of oven until scallops are just cooked through, about 7 minutes (9 to 11 minutes if using gratin dish).
• Serve scallops topped with leeks and sprinkled with chives and remaining tablespoon parsley.

SCALLOPED POTATOES WITH LEEKS AND CREAM

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add sliced leaks and stir to coat. Reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook until leeks are tender, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Uncover and cook until almost all liquid is absorbed, about 3 minutes.
• rub 9x13 inch baking dish with 1 Tablespoon butter.
• Mix cream and garlic in small bowl.
• Arrange half of potatoes in prepared dish. Season generously with salt and pepper. Cover with leeks. Sprinkle with half of cheese. Ladle half of cream mixture over potatoes and leeks. Repeat layering with remaining potatoes, cheese (you may use either white cheddar or Gruyere cheese). and cream mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• This can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
• Let stand 1 hour at room temperature before baking. Bake until potatoes are tender and top is deep golden brown, about 1 hours and 15 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes at room temperature before serving.