Bouchees Aux Fruits De Mer

Name: Bouchees Aux Fruits De Mer
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bay leaf; 5 Tbsps butter or margarine, divided; 227 grams clam juice; 340 grams 18 peeled crawfish tails , halved; 355 milliliters dry white wine, divided; 1 egg yolk; 79 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 113 grams fresh mushrooms, chopped; 4 fresh parsley sprigs; 6 servings Garnish: chopped fresh parsley; 1 teaspoons pepper; 283 grams package puff pastry shells; 0 teaspoons salt; 454 grams 12 scallops, halved; 2 shallots, minced; 454 grams peeled, medium-size fresh shrimp, halved; 227 grams sour cream; 3 fresh thyme sprigs

Bouchees Aux Fruits De Mer is If you have flour, crawfish tails, garnish: parsley, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

Bake pastry shells according to package directions. Set aside.

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Pastry Shells

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Oven

Place fresh parsley sprigs, fresh thyme sprigs, and bay leaf on a 6-inch square of cheesecloth; tie with string. Set aside.

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Fresh Parsley

Fresh Thyme

Bay Leaves

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Cheesecloth

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat; add shrimp, scallops, and crawfish, and saute 4 minutes or until done. Stir in 1/2 cup wine and 2 tablespoons flour, and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.

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Crawfish

Scallops

Butter

Shrimp

All Purpose Flour

Wine

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Frying Pan

Remove from skillet, and set aside.

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Frying Pan

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add shallots and mushrooms, and saute until tender. Stir in remaining 1 cup wine and herb bag. Bring to a boil. Stir in clam juice, and cook until liquid is reduced to 1 1/2 cups (about 15 to 20 minutes). Discard herb bag.

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Clam Juice

Mushrooms

Shallot

Butter

Wine

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Dutch Oven

Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in skillet over medium heat, and add 1/3 cup flour, stirring until smooth. Cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Gradually stir into mushroom mixture.

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Mushrooms

Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Frying Pan

Stir together yolk and sour cream.

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Sour Cream

Egg Yolk

Add to mushroom mixture; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in salt and pepper. Spoon evenly into pastry shells, and top with seafood sauce.

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Salt And Pepper