Coquilles St. Jacques

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb sea scallops
• 1 lb fresh mushrooms
• 5 tablespoons margarine, divided
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 cup dry white
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 3/4 cup soft breadcrumbs, buttered with
• butter

Recipe

• 1 defrost scallops if frozen, cut in 4ths.
• 2 slice or chop mushrooms; cook in 2 tablespoons of butter and lemon juice until golden brown, stirring often.
• 3 combine , thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper in large saucepan; add scallops; cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• 4 drain, saving 1 cup broth.
• 5 make a white sauce with remaining butter, flour, scallop broth and half and half.
• 6 add scallop mixture and mushrooms to sauce; spoon into 6 scallop shells; top with buttered crumbs.
• 7 bake in 400 oven, until crumbs are golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• 8 this recipe can be made ahead of time and heated at meal time.