Recipe

Scallops And Shrimp In Lime Vodka Butter Sauce Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Notyourmomma / All my dishes 10 months, 1 week ago Made this for dinner tonight. Went to add the white wine to the sauce, didn't have any? So, I improvised with a bit of vodka and it reduced beautifully and the sauce was wonderful. Prep:30m Cook:12m Servings:6	Notyourmomm
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Ingredients

2 packages of frozen defrosted chopped spinach

24 large shimp (15-24 ct) peeled deveined

Under 20 ct scallops 3 each person

8 strips of bacon, partially cooked

salt and pepper

1 stick of butter divided use

1 small onion minced

1 clove of garlic minced

juice from five limes

1/2 cup of vodka

big squeeze of honey

Directions

Squeeze spinach dry, reserve.

Skewer shimp.

Skewer scallops with bacon pieces in between.

In a small sauce pan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter, add onion and garlic, saute briefly.

Add lime juice, vodka, and honey.

Reduce over high heat until syrupy and nearly evaporated.

Whisk in 4 tablespoons of butter.

Reserve.

Quickly heat spinach in remaining butter.

Season spinach with some salt/pepper and a scrape of nutmeg.

Grill over medium heat the scallops and shrimp basting often with sauce until just done and not dried up or over cooked. About 4 minutes one side, two minutes other side.

Put the spinach in the middle of the platter, top with scallops and bacon

Serve shrimp alongside.

Drizzle any remaining sauce over the top.

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Comments

krumkake 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Nymomma, you are on a ROLL tonight! I wish I'd been at your place for dinner - these look amazing. We love seafood around here, so this one has been printed off (I just happen to have 4 limes in the fridge, and we're going to Costco tomorrow for shrimp, crab legs and scallops - perfect timing!)...and I always have vodka (or wine) ready!!!

dugger 10 months, 1 week ago said:
Whew... wait while I catch my breath. This sounds fantastic. Off to the store tomorrow for the seafood. Gonna grill this puppy up. Thanks for the post...

notyourmomma 10 months, 1 week ago said:
We liked the sauce a lot but there wasn't a lot left after basting the seafood, so I might add a little more "butter" (WHEW) or not reduce it as much as I did. It does need the honey because my limes were near to "going bad" and they gave up a lot of juice and the honey was needed to mellow it out. I hear that alcohol is a flavor transmitter and it certainly tranmitted well last night! The sauce that seeped down to the spinach made it so flavorful. I wish I had some leftover! No one had room for dessert! Thanks for the comments.

image 10 months, 1 week ago said:
OMG this sounds AWESOME!!! It's definitely going to be added to my list. Great post - thanks.

dixiejet 10 months, 1 week ago said:
WOW ! This sounds "too-die-for" ! We adore scallops and we live on the N.C. coast so seafood is plentiful. I'm going to print this out & try it as soon as I possibly can !

pqsunny 6 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Yummy, I can't wait to try this. I'll try it this week.

lunasea 3 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This sounds amazing - can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing....yummm! =)

invisiblechef 2 months, 2 weeks ago said:
Vodka is always a great improvision. Awesome post.

theiris 1 month, 3 weeks ago said:
This really sounds like a new favorite. Can't wait to try. All those lovely ingredients. Thanks, Mare

waterlily 1 month, 1 week ago said:
WOW! I can't wait to try this one, thanks!

linebb956 1 month, 1 week ago said:
And I missed this how? This is wonderful! I have shrimp in freezer.. no scallops.. so will double the shrimp... Feeds 2 .. right? lol

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