Scallops - or Fish Marshmallows as my son calls them - are one of my favorite seafood. Simple, elegant and can truly be paired with almost any type of dish. The beauty of scallops done sous vide is that they plump and juicy and each single scallop you cook is consistently the same. For this particular dish, it was my attempt to take my favorite adult beverage to the next level. Just a perfectly balanced meal with the sweetness and crunch of the caramelized sugars, saltiness of the caviar and tang of the bloody mary mixture.
David LaForce
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