Best Seared Scallops With Bacon Tomato And Avocado Puree Recipes

Seared Scallops with a Corn, Bacon and Avocado Relish image

Provided by Food Network

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil, for oiling pan
16 dry sea scallops
2 avocados
12 strips bacon, cooked and chopped
1 lemon, halved
4 ears corn, shucked
1 medium onion
1 red bell pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Steps:

Take a small bowl and place it upside-down inside a large bowl. (This will provide a small stand for your corn, making it easier to remove the kernels, and the large bowl will catch them as the fall, avoiding a mess.) Using a knife, remove the kernels from the corn, letting them fall into the bowl.
Dice the onion and red bell pepper and add them to the bowl with the corn. Add 1 tablespoon of the chopped parsley and season with salt and pepper. Mix to evenly distribute the ingredients.
Set a pan over medium heat and add some oil. Add the corn mixture to the pan and cook until the onions begin to soften, tossing occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool.
Sprinkle the sea scallops with salt and pepper. Set a pan over medium-high heat and add some oil. Add the scallops and sear until golden in color, about 1 minute on each side. Remove from the heat and let rest.
Dice the avocados and add them to the corn relish along with the chopped bacon. Season with salt and pepper and mix together.
Evenly distribute the relish among 4 plates and top each with 4 scallops. Garnish with the remaining 1 tablespoon parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

Seared Scallops with Lemon and Bacon image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories main-dish

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

3 slices bacon (about 2 ounces), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/2 pounds sea scallops, muscle removed (see Cook's Note)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves

Steps:

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and fry the bacon pieces until golden and crisp, about 5 minutes. Reserve the bacon fat in the skillet and transfer the bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.
Meanwhile, arrange the scallops so they lay flat and are evenly spaced on a plate. Pat them completely dry with a paper towel. Season the scallops with salt and pepper.
Cook the scallops, undisturbed, over high heat until they are golden brown on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Flip the scallops and cook for 1 minute more. Turn off the heat, add the lemon zest and juice, parsley and reserved bacon pieces and toss to combine. Divide the scallops among 4 plates or a serving platter and serve immediately.

Seared Scallops with Bacon image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 slices bacon, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1 pound large sea scallops, (about 16), sliced in half crosswise to form 2 rounds
Salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons minced shallot, (about 2 shallots)
1 cup white wine
2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Steps:

Heat a large saute pan over medium-low heat, and add bacon. Cook slowly, stirring frequently, until brown and crisp, about 8 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon, and transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate.
Drain excess fat, leaving a thin coat on bottom of pan. Increase heat to medium, add scallops to pan, and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until golden brown and opaque, about 2 minutes per side.
Transfer scallops to the serving dish, and add shallots to pan. When shallots are translucent, add white wine; scrape browned bits from bottom of pan with a wooden spoon. Cook until liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in butter, and pour over scallops; top with reserved bacon. Serve over ribbon zucchini.

Seared Scallops with Pea Purée, Crispy Bacon, and Mint Oil image

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 20

For the pea purée
225 g (8 ounces) English garden peas, shelled weight
4 leaves of mint
salt and pepper
55 g (2 ounces) unsalted butter
For the scallops
6 slices good-quality streaky bacon, rind removed and cut into thirds
18 large king scallops (preferably Cornish), with muscle and roe removed
Maldon sea salt
Mild olive oil, for frying
For the mint oil
100 ml (3 1/2 fluid ounces) mild olive oil
3 large sprigs mint, stems removed
1.25 ml (1/4 teaspoon) caster (superfine) sugar
For the honey vinaigrette
100 ml (3 1/2 fluid ounces) light olive oil
15 ml (1 tablespoon) white wine vinegar
2.5 ml (1/2 teaspoon) runny honey
To serve
Salad leaves such as frisée or lamb's lettuce

Steps:

1. To make the mint oil, put all the ingredients in a blender and whizz. Chill for 2 hours to let the flavour develop, then strain.
2. Cook the peas with the mint in salted, boiling water until just tender but not soft. Drain and refresh in very cold water.
3. Purée the peas in a blender until very smooth, or push through a sieve.
4. Grill the bacon, put it on kitchen paper and keep warm.
5. Heat 2 large frying pans until very hot but not smoking. Season the scallops on both sides with sea salt. Add 15 ml (1 tbsp) mild olive oil to each pan and then put in the scallops. They should sizzle. Cook each scallop for 45 seconds on each side, then remove from the pan and keep somewhere warm.
6. Whisk all the honey vinaigrette ingredients together.
7. Divide the pea purée between 6 warmed plates and place 3 pieces of bacon across each portion. Arrange 3 scallops around the purée and drizzle with the mint oil. Put some salad leaves dressed with honey vinaigrette on top.