[RECIPE] Scallops with spinach, shallots and wine

Good food is simple to cook. You just have to try harder. Sarcasm eh? Like I said in my earlier post on How to cook a whole chicken in an oven that I would post recipe for scallops with wine. 

Scallops:
-10-15 good scallops. You can really do as many as you want.

-Salt/Pepper

-Olive oil (about 2 teaspoons, I just eyeball and add more if need be)

-1/2 medium shallot, minced

-Good white wine. I use whatever I have on hand, Need about 1/2-3/4 cup

-Butter 1 teaspoon

-Lemon wedge

-Teaspoon dijon

Spinach:

-about 12 oz of spinach, again as much as you want to make really

-4 cloves garlic, minced

-Salt/Pepper

-Olive oil (couple teaspoons)

-Pinch of paprika, to taste


Start things off with the spinach. Heat olive oil in large pan (I use a dutch oven with tall sides). Add garlic and brown a little (do not burn, burnt garlic sucks). Add spinach and mix garlic, adding salt, pepper, and paprika to taste. Cover for about 1-2 minutes until its nice and wilted but moist. Give it another toss and remove and place on serving plate.

Using the same pan, or a different one, heat up some more olive oil. You want this to be hot to develop a good sear on the scallops. Pat scallops dry and season w/ salt/pepper. Place in the hot olive oil and sear 1-2 mins. Flip once and sear on the other side for 1-2 minutes. You are looking for color here, but do not overcook. More than a couple minutes and you can easily overcook scallops. Remove from pan and drizzle a little lemon over them. Add shallots, butter to pan browning a little bit. Add the white wine and stir. Let this cook down to about half the original volume of wine added. Add Dijon and stir. Remove from heat. Add the scallops back in with the sauce and let them get cozy for a minute.

Serving: Twirl your spinach on a plate and place a couple of scallops on top. Add shallot/wine sauce on top. Serve with good bread, wine. Good one to cook for the ladies.