Baked Scallops with Bechamel

Ingredients:

8 big scallops
1 onion
6 ounces mushrooms chopped
3 ounces shrimps peeled
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons white wine
5 tablespoons flour
8 tablespoons breadcrumbs
1 cup milk
8 tablespoons bread crumbs

Directions

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Carefully remove the scallop meat from the shell.
Chop the mushrooms and onion.
In a pan heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the mushrooms and onions and sauté until onion are golden brown.
Add the shrimps and the white wine and cook until the shrimps are tender. Add the flour all at once and stir in order to make a roux.
Then gradually pour the milk stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
Clean and dry the scallops shells and put on a baking sheet.  Place the scallop meat in each shell and spread the bechamel sauce on top.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake for 10 minutes

Cajun Jumbalaya

Ingredients:

450 g chicken breasts  diced
200g shrimps peeled
300 ml chicken broth
100 g bacon
1 onion
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
100 g celery
2 tomatoes
1 green bell pepper
150 g rice
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Peel and chop the onion. Clean and cut the bell pepper into dices. Chop the celery and the tomatoes.
In a skillet heat some olive oil over high heat.
Add the onion and bell pepper and sauté for about 3 minutes. Then add the bacon, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, cumin, chili powder and pour the chicken broth.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes until the rice is tender.
Add the chicken and the shrimps and cook for 8 to 10 minutes more.
Add salt and pepper to taste before serving.

Mapple salmon

This is a really easy and quick recipe but it's so tasty !

Ingredients:

1 pound salmon
2 clove garlic, minced
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/3 teaspoon salt

Directions

In a bowl, combine the soy sauce, maple syrup, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Place salmon in a baking dish  and coat with the maple syrup mixture.
Cover and put in the fridge for 15 minutes to let it marinate.
Then turn it and put it back in the fridge to let it marinate again.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Remove the cover from the dish
Then place the dish in the  oven  and bake for 20 minutes or until easily flaked with a fork.
You can serve with mashed potatoes.

The Best Mac N Cheese

You probably have cooked mac n cheese already. But if you follow this recipe you will eat your best mac n cheese ever !

Ingredients:

1.5 pounds macaroni cooked
6 tablespoons flour
2 egg
6 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoon mustard
6 cups of milk
1 cup onion
24 ounces cheddar cheese
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon of paprika
Salt and pepper to taste
For the topping:
2 cups bread crumb
6 tablesponns butter

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180 ° C
In a pot melt the butter. Add the mustard and the flour and mix for few minutes.
Add the milk, onion, paprika and bay leaves.
Cook over very low heat for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and remove the bay leaves.
Add in the egg (take care to not cook it!)
Add 3/4 of cheddar and mix again. Add salt and pepper to taste
In a baking pan combine the mixture with the cooked macaroni. Sprinkle the remaining cheddar
In a pan heat the butter and sauté the breadcrumb. Cover the dish with the sauted breadcrumbs
Bake for 30 minutes