Coquilles Saint-Jacques

Recipe Ingredients

6 tablespoons	90ml	Butter
3 tablespoons	45ml	Flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Lemon peel
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Bon appetit
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Powdered horseradish
2 cups	474ml	Light cream
1/2 cup	118ml	Sliced mushrooms
2 teaspoons	10ml	Instant minced onion
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Scallops
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Cleaned - cooked shrimp
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	Crab meat
2 tablespoons	30ml	Dry sherry
		Bread crumbs

Recipe Instructions

Melt 4 tbsp of the butter in saucepan. Add flour, dry mustard, lemon peel, bon appetit and powdered horseradish, then stir until well blended. Add cream. Cook, stirring, until thickened. Saute mushrooms and onion in the remaining 2 tbsp butter. Remove from pan with slotted spoon.

To butter in pan add scallops, which have been cut into bite sized pieces, and saute 3 minutes. Cut shrimp into small pieces.

Combine sauce, mushrooms, scallops, shrimp, crab meat and sherry. Spoon into shells or ramekins; top with bread crumbs. Bake in 400 oven for 10 minutes, then broil a few minutes until lightly browned. Serves 8-10 people.

Source:
Spices of the World Cookbook, by McCormick

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