SEARED SCALLOPS AND FOIE GRAS

SEARED SCALLOPS AND FOIE GRAS image

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 34

4 Jumbo Scallops, cleaned
4 2oz Pieces Foie Gras, cleaned
salt and pepper
Pain Perdu:
4 Slices French Bread, dried out
2 Eggs
1 C Milk
1/4 tsp Cardamom, toasted and ground
1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
1/4 tsp Nutmeg, ground
1 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Maple Syrup
butter for cooking
Apple Preserves:
2 Apples, diced small
1 C Cider Vinegar
1/2 C Sugar
1 ea Star Anise
2 Whole Black Peppercorns
1 Cinnamon Stick
Spiced Pecans:
1/2 C Pecans
1 T Sugar
1/4 t Cinnamon
1/4 t Cardamom
1/4 t Cayenne
1/4 t Nutmeg
1 T Oil
Maple Syrup Foam:
1 C Cream
1/2 C Foie Gras Scrap
1/4 C Maple Syrup
1 ea Star Anise
salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

Season scallops and foie gras with salt and pepper. Sear scallops and foie gras in hot pan with a small amount of oil until browned on each side. Keep warm. Pain Perdu: Combine bread, eggs, milk, cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, maple syrup, and butter for batter and soak bread in it for 10 minutes. Warm butter over medium-low heat in large skillet. Cook bread on one side until golden brown, then flip and repeat (about 3 minutes per side). Keep warm. Apple Preserves: Combine apples, vinegar, anise, peppercorns, annise, peppercorns, cinnamon stick in small pot. Bring to boil and turn down to medium heat. Let cook, without stirring, until most of the liquid is gone. Pick out spices. Keep warm. Spiced Pecans: Toss pecans, sugar, cinnamon, cardamom, cayenne, nutmeg, oil and place on baking sheet. Bake in 350 degree oven until browned (about 10 minutes). Cool. Crush into small bits. Maple Syrup Foam: Bring cream, foie gras, maple syrup, anise, salt and pepper to boil and then simmer 20 minutes. Check seasoning. Blend and hold (keep foamy). TO PLATE: Place one piece of pain perdu in center of plate. Top with scallop then foie gras. Spoon a small amount of maple foam on top. Garnish plate with a small spoonful of apple preserves and a pinch of spiced pecans. Finish plate with shredded fresh green apple.