Print Options:

Recipe for Scallops with Verbena Pepper and Bok Choy

Yields4 ServingsPrep Time45 minsCook Time1 minTotal Time46 mins

A recipe worthy of the finest tables, featuring scallop carpaccio with verbena pepper, bok choy, and gray shrimp juice with lemongrass. Photo credits: Bertrand Duquenne. Recipe creation and culinary styling: Mathieu Aumont.

Ingredients
 16 Scallops from the Bay of Saint-Brieuc
 200 Gray shrimp
 2 Bok choy (Chinese cabbage)
 1 Kale
 1 Green radish
 1 Lemon verbena
 1 stick Lemongrass
 50 Butter
 Sel de fleur
 Lemon verbena pepper
 5 Water
Directions
1

Open the scallop shells. Remove the meat and set aside.

2

In a saucepan, infuse the gray shrimp and the lemongrass stick in 0.5 cl of water for 1 hour over low heat. Then strain the contents of the saucepan and keep the juice.

3

Blanch the bok choy and kale for 1 minute in salted water, drain, and set aside.

4

Slice the green radish into thin slices. Cut the scallops into 3 pieces horizontally, season them with fleur de sel and lemongrass pepper.

5

Peel the bok choy and kale, then sauté their leaves and the scallops for a few moments in butter.

6

To finish, arrange the cabbage leaves in a deep plate and place the scallops on top. Add a few leaves of lemon verbena and some slices of green radish. Pour very hot shrimp juice using a teapot.

Nutrition Facts

0 servings

Serving size

4

en_USEN