Ingredients

  • Vinaigrette
  • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
  • 6 Tbsp. GREY POUPON Classic Dijon Mustard
  • 2 each shallots
  • 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
  • 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice Safeway 4 ct For $5.00 thru 02/09
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 2 each garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 each vanilla beans, split, seeds removed
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups olive oil/canola blend (75/25)
  • to taste salt
  • to taste white pepper
  • Scallops
  • 2 Tbsp. flour
  • 2 Tbsp. pink peppercorns, ground
  • 2 Tbsp. sea salt
  • 2 Tbsp. yellow mustard seed
  • 96 each sea scallops
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 gal. Spring mixed greens
  • 12 each navel oranges, peeled, sectioned
  • 10 each avocados, sliced Target 10 ea For $10.00 thru 02/06
  • 6 each Fresno chilies, thinly sliced
  • 2 each plantains, julienne cut, fried
  • 1/4 cup American caviar

Method

  • Vinaigrette: Place all ingredients except oil, salt and pepper in blender or food processor.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • With blender still running, gradually add oil through feed tube, blending well after each addition.
  • Season with salt and pepper; cover.
  • Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
  • Scallops: Mix flour, ground peppercorns, sea salt and mustard seed.
  • Use to evenly coat scallops.
  • For each serving: Saute 2 Scallops in 1 tsp.
  • hot oil on medium-high heat about 1-1/2 min.
  • on each side or until scallops are opaque; place on plate.
  • Toss 1/3 cup of the greens with 2 tsp.
  • Vinaigrette; arrange around scallops with 3 or 4 each of the orange sections and avocado slices, several chili slices, a small cluster of plantains and 1/4 tsp.
  • caviar.