This easy and delicious dish of scallops is super easy to make
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Christmas
Keyword peas, scallops
Diet Gluten free
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Total Time 20 minutesmins
Servings 4people
Calories 169
Equipment
blender
Ingredients
2cupsfrozen peas
2tbspfresh mintcoarsely chopped
1clovegarlicchopped
1/4tspsalt
freshly ground pepper
3tbspbutter
1tsplemon juicefreshly squeezed
1/4tspground paprika
12scallopslarge
Instructions
Fill a small saucepan with a couple of inches of water. Bring to a boil, add the peas and cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes for fresh peas, about 1 minute for frozen peas. Place the peas in a blender and add the mint, garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Blend until smooth. Place the pea puree in the saucepan to keep warm.
In a medium heavy saute pan (preferably cast iron) heat the butter over medium-high heat. Add the lemon juice and paprika. When the butter begins to foam, add the scallops. Cook for 2 minutes per side or until just cooked through and each side is golden to amber brown on top.
Spoon the pea puree into two shallow soup dishes, creating a bed, then place the seared scallops on top and serve.