Coquilles St Jacques A La Provencale - Scallops With Garlic

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 scallops
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed
• 4 ounces butter
• 3 tablespoons chopped parsley
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 wash and dry the scallops and separate the coral from the white flesh.
• 2 peel and smash the garlic.
• 3 melt half the butter in a saucepan and cook the white flesh very gently for 10 minutes, until tender.
• 4 season to taste.
• 5 place on paper towel and keep hot between two plates over a pan of hot water.
• 6 pour out the butter from the pan, wipe it out with paper and add the remaining butter and the coral, cook for 1 minute only on each side.
• 7 add the white flesh and the herbs and garlic, leave over the heat just long enough to mix thoroughly and divide between the heated shells, (plates).
• 8 serve immediately with a dry rose .