Seared Scallops With Porcini Relish And Truffle Butter Sauce

Perfectly seared scallops on mashed potatoes with a fresh corn and crabmeat porcini relish, drizzled with a silky white truffle butter sauce and garnished with shaved black truffle.

AmericanSeafoodIntermediate35 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
2
  • 0.5 lb butter, at room temperature
  • 0.3 cup white truffle oil
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 tbsp minced shallots
  • 1 tsp chopped garlic
  • 0.5 cup heavy cream
  • 6 scallops large sea scallops
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 ear fresh corn, kernels scraped from cob
  • 0.3 lb crabmeat, picked over
  • 6 mushrooms fresh porcini mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp chopped chives
  • 1 0.5 cup mashed potatoes, hot
  • 1 small black truffle, shaved for garnish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix butter and truffle oil together. Shape into a log on plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm.

  2. 2

    In a saucepan, combine white wine, shallots, and garlic. Season with salt and white pepper. Boil 3 minutes. Stir in cream and cook 1 minute.

  3. 3

    Cut truffle butter into 1-inch pieces. Reduce heat to medium-low and whisk in butter one piece at a time until sauce is glossy. Keep warm over low heat.

  4. 4

    Season scallops with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a very hot sauté pan. Sear scallops 2–3 minutes per side until golden. Remove and set aside.

  5. 5

    In another pan, heat remaining oil. Sauté corn, crabmeat, and porcini mushrooms for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

  6. 6

    Mound mashed potatoes on plates. Top with the porcini relish, then scallops. Drizzle with truffle butter sauce and garnish with chives and shaved truffle.

Tags

seafoodcrabemerilfine diningtrufflescallopsporciniamerican