Scallops With Creamy Pesto

"From Woman's Day. Quick and easy, nice with pasta or rice. Use your own pesto or refrigerated pesto sauce from the market. I think this would also make a nice first-course,"
 
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Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
4
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Cook the scallops 4 minutes until golden and barely opaque in centers. Remove to plate.
  • Remove skillet from heat, add pesto and cream and stir quickly to blend.
  • Spoon the sauce onto serving plates and top with the scallops.

Questions & Replies

  1. Which pesto sauce is recommended and where does the high sodium amount come from?
     
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Reviews

  1. This is the first time I've used food.com. Made lots of homemade pesto this summer and wanted to use to make a scallop appetizer to bring for Ch. eve. Found this recipe - it was wonderful! I added a little whole milk (had no cream) and lots of parmesan cheese to the pesto - heated in the micro and placed a spoonful in each serving dish. Sauted lots of garlic in oil and added the scallops for 2 1/2 minutes. Added salt, pepper and paprika. Placed the scallops on the pesto. Delicious! (I used frozen scallops from Costco - defrosted and dried well with a paper towel before frying).
     
  2. I used a tomato pesto for this and a mixture of scallops and shrimp. It was really nice but I agree that the scallops need some seasoning. Sauteing them with fresh garlic and onions would probably be best but I used a good amount of sea salt and freshly ground pepper after they were cooked. Very nice on some hot pasta! Made for PRMR. Thanks duonyte! :)
     
  3. Was unable to find sea scallops so used medium size shrimp. It made a great appetizer, however we felt they were lacking something, so sprinkled on grated Parmesan. Next time will saute with garlic or maybe a shallot and add the cheese with the cream. Thanks for sharing.
     
  4. This was very good! I made it as written but added 1 tsp of minced garlic. It was so quick and easy to do but tasted like I did something fancy. Thanks duonyte! Made for 123 tag.
     
  5. I actually made this using shrimp as I did not have any scallops and it turned out wonderful I use my recipe#144195 to make this I tossed it with spaghetti for a great meal thanks for sharing duonyte
     
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