Escalopes Cauchoises

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Ingredients

  • 6 veal scallops
  • 6 tablespoons butter (75 g)
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 pound button mushrooms, sliced (500 g)
  • 1 cup hard cider (250 ml)
  • 1/2 cup calvados (125 ml)
  • 1/2 cup creme fraiche or heavy cream (125 ml)
  • Salt, freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  1. The scallops need not be pounded flat.
  2. Melt half the butter in a frying pan and cook the scallops for 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
  3. Season lightly with salt and pepper; remove and keep warm.
  4. Brown the sliced onion lightly in the same butter.
  5. Saute the mushrooms in the remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a separate pan.
  6. When some of their juice has evaporated, set them aside.
  7. Pour the cider into the pan with the onion and deglaze it by boiling rapidly until about half has evaporated.
  8. Add the calvados and reduce a little more, then put in the mushrooms and the creme fraiche.
  9. Return the scallops to the pan, with any juice that has run out, season, and heat gently for 5 minutes.
  10. Serve with snow peas cooked quickly in butter and sliced apples sauteed in butter.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

314 kcal 16% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 1.8g 4% DV
Total Fat 28.7g 37% DV
Carbs 10.7g 4% DV
Fiber 0.8g 3% DV
Sugar 3.3g 7% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 9784.3mg 100% DV
Potassium 125.8mg 3% DV
Cholesterol 75mg 25% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 0.3mcg
Vitamin C 1.5mg 2% DV
Vitamin D 6.6mcg 33% DV
Calcium 15.5mg 1% DV
Iron 0.5mg 3% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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