Scallop parcels

Cooking the scallops in parcels intensifies the flavours.  It is delicious with the vegetables and mushrooms.  It makes and excellent starter and the parcels can be prepared in advance – leaving just the cooking for the last moment.

Preparation Time: 15 Mins

Cooking Time: 20 Mins

Total Time: 35 Mins

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

1 tsp               Herbes de Provence  

1                    Shallot  - chopped    

½ glass           Wine  - dry white     

1                    Carrot  - diced        

1                    Leek  - chopped finely

2 tsb               Stock  - fish

100 gms          Mushrooms

4                    Scallops    

                     Salt          

                      Pepper      

Method

Preheat an oven to 250°C.

Cut 2 sheets of aluminium foil 30 cm by 30 cm.

Place the vegetables, mushrooms and scallops on the centre of each piece of foil.  Pour on the wine and stock and powder with salt, pepper and herbes de Provence.

Fold the sheets of foil to make closed parcels and cook them in the oven for 20 minutes.

Wine recommendations

Should be a white wine but the flavour will stand up to a strongly flavoured wine.

Conventional

     Sylvaner

Interesting

     Côte Chalonnaise blanc

     Gewurztraminer

     Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur lie