Scallops in Lemon Caper Sauce
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Ingredients
  • Avocado oil
  • Butter
  • Sea salt
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
  • Zest of ½ lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 Tablespoon Capers
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • ½ cup veggie or chicken broth (no sodium)
  • ½ Tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Rinse scallops and dry with a paper towel.
  2. Sprinkle scallops with sea salt.
  3. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a cast iron skillet until hot - almost but not smoking.
  4. Add scallops and saute about 2½ minutes or until browned.
  5. Add 1 tablespoon butter to pan and flip scallops.
  6. Saute scallops another 2- 2/12 minutes - depending on size of scallop, until browned.
  7. Remove scallops to a plate and add garlic and wine to skillet.
  8. Reduce sauce by ½ then add zest, lemon juice, broth and capers.
  9. Reduce by ½ again then whisk in Dijon, blending well.
  10. Add scallops back to skillet until warm.
  11. Serve over pasta with sauce and a few turns of fresh ground black pepper..
Recipe by at https://www.theorangebee.com/scallops-in-lemon-caper-sauce-homemade-gourmet/