Recipe - Coquilles St. Jacques

1 pound Scallops
4 tablespoon Butter
One half cup Sliced mushrooms
3 tablespoon Flour
1 cup Dry white wine
2/3 cup Water
2 Parsley sprigs
4 Whole black peppercorns
1 pn Dried thyme
1 Bay leaf
One half cup Shallots; or onion
chopped
1 Egg yolk
One half cup Heavy cream
1 teaspoon Lemon juice
Cayenne to taste
One half cup Dry bread crumbs
One fourth cup Grated Parmesan cheese
Butter
1 One half cup Potatoes; cooked and
whipped

Melt 1 Tb butter in a heavy skillet and saute mushrooms. Remove mushrooms
and set aside. Add remaining 3 Tb butter and the flour and cook together
over medium heat 23 minutes, stirring constantly.

Combine the wine, water, parsley, peppercorns, thyme, bay leaf and onion in
a saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes, strain and return liquid
to the pan; add scallops, cover and let simmer 3 minutes. Remove scallops
and set aside. Bay scallops can be served whole; the larger sea scallops
should be cut or sliced up into thirds across the grain. Reduce liquid to 1 cup; add
butterflour mixture and whisk constantly until the mixture thickens. Stir
egg yolk into cream [or you can use evaporated skim milk for a reduced fat
version], add a little of the hot sauce, stir into yolk mixture then stir
back again into the hot sauce and turn off heat. Stir in lemon juice,
cayenne, mushrooms and scallops. Divide into lightly greased scallop shells
(6 servings, if an appetizer) or 3 individual serving casserole dishes (if
entrees). Melt the butter and fry the bread crumbs in a small skillet. Mix
in the grated Parmesan. Sprinkle this mixture over the scallops. With a
pastry tube pipe a line of whipped potatoes around the edges of the
shell/dish.

Place in a 400 degree preheated oven and broil 2 to 4 minutes until the
topping is golden brown.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini