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Scallops And Shrimp In Lime Vodka Butter Sauce Recipe


Scallops And Shrimp In Lime Vodka Butter Sauce Recipe
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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.

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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
  1. Squeeze spinach dry, reserve.
  2. Skewer shimp.
  3. Skewer scallops with bacon pieces in between.
  4. In a small sauce pan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter, add onion and garlic, saute briefly.
  5. Add lime juice, vodka, and honey.
  6. Reduce over high heat until syrupy and nearly evaporated.
  7. Whisk in 4 tablespoons of butter.
  8. Reserve.
  9. Quickly heat spinach in remaining butter.
  10. Season spinach with some salt/pepper and a scrape of nutmeg.
  11. 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.
  12. Put the spinach in the middle of the platter, top with scallops and bacon
  13. Serve shrimp alongside.
  14. Drizzle any remaining sauce over the top.

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Comments


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!!!


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...


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.


OMG this sounds AWESOME!!! It's definitely going to be added to my list. Great post - thanks.


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 !


Yummy, I can't wait to try this. I'll try it this week.


This sounds amazing - can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing....yummm! =)


Vodka is always a great improvision. Awesome post.


This really sounds like a new favorite. Can't wait to try. All those lovely ingredients. Thanks, Mare


WOW! I can't wait to try this one, thanks!


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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