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Recipe : ** Scallops With Seaweed Butter

Scallops With Seaweed Butter
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  • Prep time
    15 min
  • Cooking
    3 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Pause
    15 min
  • Ready in
    33 min
  • Price
    High budget
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Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 8 fresh sea scallops
  • ¼ sheet nori, finely chopped to make 8 pinches
  • 8 pinches
  • ½ lime
  • sea salt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 8 tablespoons rock salt
  • ground red chili pepper (piment d'espelette) or fresh black pepper
  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Arrange 8 clean scallop shells or gratin dishes on baking sheets. Using pastry brush and about 2 tablespoons of butter, brush each scallop with butter. Set 1 scallop in each shell, refrigerate until the butter has firmed on the scallop, 10 - 15 minutes. Preheat Broiler to High.
  • 2
    Neatly mound 2 tablespoons rock salt, spacing well apart on large plates. Remove scallops from refrigerator and sprinkle each with a pinch of nori. Dot with remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Broil until scallops are barely cooked through, about 3 minutes.
  • 3
    Transfer scallop shells to plates, nestling each into a mound of salt. Sprinkle with lime juice as desired and season with sea salt and piment d'Espelette to taste. Serve immediately.
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