Scallops With Coriander Butter Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 tablespoons minced onions
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/4 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
• 3/4 lb sea scallops
• vegetable oil, for brushing scallops
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro

Recipe

• 1 in a small heavy saucepan simmer the onion, the vinegar, the water, and the ground coriander until the liquid is reduced to about 1 tablespoon and whisk in the butter, 1 piece at a time, lifting the pan from the heat occasionally to let the mixture cool adding each new piece of butter before the previous one has melted completely.
• 2 (the sauce should not get hot enough to liquefy- it should be the consistency of thin hollandaise).
• 3 season the sauce with salt and pepper, transfer it to a bowl set in a larger bowl of warm water, and keep it warm.
• 4 brush the scallops with the oil, heat a ridged grill pan over high heat until it is hot and just begins to smoke, and in it grill the scallops, for 5 minutes on each side, or until they are cooked through.
• 5 whisk the fresh cilantro into the butter sauce.
• 6 serve the scallops with the warm butter sauce.