Scallops With Bacon and Water Chestnuts
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 8 fresh scallops, cleaned and halved across
- 8 tinned water chestnuts, halved
- 8 slice bacon, halved
- salad leaves
- chopped chives, to garnish
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For the saffron butter
- 127.57 g butter
- 29.58 ml vinegar
- 14.79 ml lemon juice
- 0.25 ml powdered saffron
- 59.14 ml dry white wine
- 14.79 ml anchovy essence (optional)
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Wrap each piece of bacon around a scallop half and water chestnut half, and skewer them, allowing 4 bacon-wrapped portions per stick.
- Preheat the broiler. Broil the scallops for 3-4 minutes, turning over once.
- Meanwhile, make the saffron butter. In a small, heavy-based frying pan heat together the butter, lemon, vinegar, saffron and white wine. Mix in the anchovy essence and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Divide the salad leaves among 4 serving plates and top each plate with a freshly cooked skewer of scallops. Drizzle the saffron butter over the scallops, sprinkle with chives and serve at once.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
English_Rose
United Kingdom
I live in Manchester, UK with my fiance and young son. I work at the local hospital in pediatrics and love my job. I also love cooking!! I have a sweet tooth but try and make healthy family meals, I'm not against some lovely treats now and then though :)