8 tablespoons butter
8 large shrimp, shelled, deveined
20 to 30 small scallops (about 12 ounces)
8 ounces boneless salmon fillet, cut in chunks
12 ounces lobster meat, cut in chunks
4 frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed, each rolled to about 1/8-inch thick and trimmed to 5-inch squares
Freshly chopped parsley to garnish
Sauce (see recipe)
Finely diced red bell pepper to garnish
4 to 8 purple kale leaves to garnish
Sauce (see recipe)
Recipe
In small saucepan, melt butter and add all of seafood. Cook 2 to 3 minutes to partially cook seafood. Cool slightly.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Place one-fourth of seafood, and a few tablespoons of liquid in pan, to center of each puff pastry sheet. Pull up pastry square, corner to corner; crimp edges to seal.
Turn filled pastries upside down on non-stick baking sheets or cookie sheets sprayed with non-stick vegetable cooking spray. Immediately bake 13 to 17 minutes or until pastry is golden brown and puffs up slightly.
Meanwhile, prepare sauce.
Place 1 to 2 pieces of kale on each plate; top with a little of sauce. Put pastry over sauce. Spoon a little more sauce over half of each pastry to garnish. Makes 4 servings.
Sauce:
1 cup sweet champagne
1/2 cup whipping cream
Cornstarch or flour and water (optional)
Put champagne in small saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmer; add cream and continue to heat, stirring frequently, but do not let mixture boil. Cook 10 to 15 minutes, or until thickened and reduced.
A mixture of small amount of cornstarch or flour and water may be added to thicken, if desired. Sauce should flow without being too thick.