Seared Pan Fried Limed Scallops With Bacon Chives And Chervil Recipes

SEARED PAN-FRIED LIMED SCALLOPS WITH BACON, CHIVES AND CHERVIL

Steps:

• First, make the dressing - this can be made up to one day in advance.
• Mix the walnut vinegar, olive or sunflower oil, honey & Dijon mustard together in a jar. Add salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste. Seal and set to one side.
• About 1 hour before you want to serve the scallops, wash them, pat them dry, and then leave them to marinate in the zest and juice of the lime. Mix them around, ensuring that they all get a coating of the lime.
• Then, cook the streaky bacon in a large frying pan until very crispy and well coloured. Set the one side.
• When you wish to serve the salad, arrange all the leaves into attractive individual salad bowls or plates.
• In a large frying pan or skillet, add a mere dash of olive oil to grease the pan and set it over a very high heat. As soon as the frying pan is very hot, add the scallops - watch them VERY closely, they need about 2 minutes EACH side depending on the size and thickness of them - you must NOT overcook them!
• When they have been seared & cooked both sides, take them out of the frying pan & arrange them over the top of the salad leaves. (Six scallops per person for a main meal and four per person for a starter.).
• Pour the dressing over the top and then crumble the bacon over - keeping fairly large pieces. (Three rashers per person for a main meal and 2 rashers per person for a starter.).
• Finally, liberally sprinkle the chopped chervil and chives over the top of the salad; garnish with cherry tomatoes & a slice of lime if you wish.

PAN FRIED SCALLOPS AND BACON

Steps:

• The amount of scallops depends on their size, and of course, how much you want to eat!
• Scallops (no shell) with their roe if you can get them, as the nice orange colour of the roe looks good and more important it tastes good!
• Streaky bacon is best because of the fat in it. You want about 3 or 4 rashers each.
• Fry the bacon in a pan over a moderate heat until nice and brown and only just starting to get crispy.
• With the bacon still in the pan, add the scallops and move them about in the pan to get them nicley coated with all the pan juices. They will only take a couple of minutes to cook.
• It's as simple as that! Serve immediately.