SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ALMOND VINAIGRETTE
I love scallops, and am always looking for another way to prepare them. This takes no time, and is great for a wonderful meal. You can also serve these as appetizers, just distribute the preserves mixture and the scallops differently, or place all on one plate and serve with decorative picks.
Provided by Lynette !
Categories Seafood
Time 20m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Finely chop the almonds into small pieces but not into a powder. Mix the almonds and 4 tablespoons oil in a medium bowl. Whisk in 1 tablespoon vinegar and chives; season with salt, pepper, and more vinegar if desired.
- 2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Season scallops with salt and pepper. Add to the skillet. Cook until deep golden and caramelized, 2-3 minutes. Turn scallops; add butter and thyme. Cook, frequently tilting skillet and spooning butter over the scallops, until the scallops are deep golden and just cooked through, 2-3 minutes longer. (Basting will add extra flavor.)
- 3. Stir the preserves and 1/2 teaspoon water in a small bowl to loosen. Smear 1 tablespoon preserve mixture in the center of 2 plates. Top with 6 scallops on each plate. Drizzle some vinaigrette over. Garnish with herbs or arugula.
SEARED SCALLOPS
The first thing to know before making this recipe--which is barely even a recipe, more of a technique for a simple and elegant dish--is to take down your smoke alarm. Okay, maybe don't do that, because it's unsafe. But definitely open the windows and turn on a fan, because you need to have a screaming-hot pan to achieve beautifully sweet sea scallops with a perfectly caramelized sear. A pro kitchen is equipped with 30,000 BTUs of gas and indestructible stainless-steel pans, and we're not afraid to use them. Gird your loins, turn up the heat, and you'll have a chance of capturing scallop magic at home.
Provided by Amanda Freitag
Categories main-dish
Yield makes 12 scallops (6 appetizer servings or 4 entree servings)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place a layer of paper towels on top of a large plate or baking sheet and gently lay the sea scallops on top to rid them of any excess moisture. With the scallops still on the paper towel, grab a large pinch of kosher salt and sprinkle it from a foot or more over the scallops. The height will help distribute the salt evenly.
- Use a pepper grinder to crack fresh black pepper in the same manner, getting every scallop.
- Flip the scallops and season the other side. This is important!
- Heat the oil in a large cast-iron skillet or heavy-bottomed stainless-steel saute pan over high heat. Do not use nonstick-you'll never achieve the proper caramelization!
- Wait.
- Wait.
- Watch as the pan begins to smoke.
- Now, carefully, because the pan and oil are very hot, use tongs or your fingers to place each scallop individually in the pan, leaving room between them. Once the scallops are in the pan, do not move them or the pan or turn the heat down. You're going to want to, because the pan will be hot and splattering and smoking, but resist! You're getting your hard sear. Don't interfere or the scallops will stick.
- After 2 minutes, use a spatula or tongs to gently turn one of the scallops and assess how dark the sear is. If it's dark brown and caramelized, it's ready to be flipped and seared on the other side for at least 2 minutes more to achieve an identical sear.
- When the scallops have been flipped and seared on both sides, they're fully cooked and ready to eat. Remove them from the pan using tongs or a spatula. Add the butter to the pan and a squeeze of lemon juice and scrape up the bit on the pan to create a sauce. Serve the scallops hot and topped with the pan sauce and another squeeze of fresh lemon juice on top.
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH JALAPENO VINAIGRETTE
Steps:
- Place jalapeno, rice vinegar, olive oil, and Dijon mustard in a blender. Puree on high until mixture is completely liquefied, 1 to 2 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
- Season scallops with sea salt and cayenne pepper. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over high heat. Place scallops in skillet and cook until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate. Garnish scallops with orange segments and drizzle jalapeno vinaigrette over the top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 306.8 calories, Carbohydrate 5.9 g, Cholesterol 72.4 mg, Fat 18 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 30.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 472 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
SESAME-CRUSTED, PAN-SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ASIAN VINAIGRETTE
Provided by Bob Blumer - Host of Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punishment
Categories appetizer
Time 10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a small bowl add ginger, garlic, green onion, cilantro, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, soy, 1 tablespoon of canola oil, and sake. Whisk ingredients together.
- Place 1 teaspoon of vinaigrette in each soup spoon.
- Season scallops with salt and pepper.
- Place sesame seeds on a plate. Pat down top and bottom side of each scallop in sesame seeds.
- In a saute pan, over medium-high heat add remaining tablespoon oil. When oil is hot, add scallops, placing them sesame-crusted side down. Sear for approximately 1 minute, or until sesame seeds brown. Turn and sear on other sesame-crusted side for 1 more minute. Place 1 scallop in each soup spoon. Serve immediately.
- * The same serving format can be achieved with only 4 spoons by replenishing each guests spoon for subsequent servings.
- Recommended beverage: cold sake
SEARED SCALLOPS WITH ALMOND VINAIGRETTE
Steps:
- Finely chop almonds into small pieces but not into a powder. Mix almonds and 4 tbsps oil in medium bowl. Whisk in 1 Tbsp vinegar and chives, season vinaigrette with salt and pepper and more vinegar, if desired. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Season scallops with S & P add to skillet. Cook until deep golden and caramelized 2-3 mins. Turn scallops add butter and thyme. Cook frequently tilting skillet and spooning butter over, until scallops are deep golden and just cooked through 2-3 mins longer. Stir preserves and 1/2 tsp water in a small bowl to loosen. For an appetizer smear about 1/2 Tbsp preserve mixture in center of each plate For an entree smear 1 tbsp preserve mixture Top with 2-4 scallops each. Drizzle some vinaigrette over Garnish with herbs
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