Sea Scallops W/tomatoes and Shallot Butter

Categories: Seafood

Serves: 4 Servings

Ingredients:

1 lb Ripe plum tomatoes
2 tb Olive oil
2 tb Butter
1 1/2 lb Medium-size sea scallops
Salt and freshly ground
-pepper to taste
4 tb Finely chopped shallots
2 Sprigs fresh thyme -or-
1/2 ts Dried thyme

Instructions:
Core and peel tomatoes. Halve them crosswise. Squeeze halves gently to
extract seeds; cut halves into 1/4-inch cubes.

In nonstick skillet large enough to hold scallops in one layer, heat oil
and butter over high heat. When hot, add scallops, salt and pepper. Cook,
stirring and shaking pan and turning scallops, until lightly brown, about 2
minutes.

Sprinkle shallots, thyme and tomatoes evenly over scallops. Cook,
stirring, for 2 minutes. Add lemon juice and cook, stirring, for another
minute. Sprinkle with parsley, stir well and serve immediately.

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From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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