This is a really old post from my birthday that I forgot to publish!
We decided to forgo a fabulous birthday meal, I got that with my best friend, she took me to Benares - amazing! Instead, we had a wonderful time in Borough Market and bought some beautiful scallops. The recipe below is from Jamie Oliver - The Return of the Naked Chef
Anyway, this turned out to be an absolute treat, sweet tender scallops, with crispy salty bacon, roasted cherry tomatoes and a bean mash. Perfect indulgence in every mouthful. All washed down with some Moët, naturally...
Ingredients
Serves 4
125g cherry tomatoes
pinch dried oregano
olive oil
4 rasher streaky bacon
1 small clove garlic finely chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped
3 anchovy fillets
1 can flagelot beans, drained (you could substitute cannellini or butter beans)
6-8 scallops
small bunch parsley chopped
Roast the tomatoes in the oven skins side down for 10-15mins.
Place the bacon beside them and roast for 10 more mins.
Meanwhile, fry the garlic, chillis and anchovies in 1 tbsp olive oil.
Add the beans, and a small glass of water.
Bring to the boil and mash, finish off with some oil and seasoning.
When the tomatoes are cooked, season the scallops and sear in a pan for 2mins on each side.
Serve a mound of the bean mash with the scallops balanced atop, scatter the bacon and tomatoes around and drizzle over some olive oil.
Friday 12 December 2008
Seared Scallops with Bean mash, Roasted tomatoes and Crispy Bacon
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4 comments:
That sounds lovely, I love scallops and haven't had any for a while.
I'm yet to try bean mash, I've read a lot about it since Nigella featured it one of her recent shows. I must rectify both of those things soon!
You are so lazy! This blog is called what rachel ate TODAY-not what rachel ate more than 2 months ago.
Also, you forgot to write about the sqaush soup I know you ate last week-I thought it was superlative.
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