Scallops ‘w’ Butter Garlic & Sage Recipe
So in the freezer, I had these stunning monster scallops from our BFF Shaun @ Orca. Shucked at sea and then flash-frozen so amazingly fresh. They literally smell of the sea.
So for Wifey & Strawberry Blonde’s dinner tonight it is beautiful scallops fried off in butter, with a delicious sauce of butter, garlic, and fried sage leaves. Yeah, this is going to be good. Oh yeah, and it looks beautiful too. Let’s get down to it.
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You will need;
- 18 beautiful scallops from ButcherBox;
- A bunch of leaves of fresh Sage – strip the leaves off the stalks;
- 4″ knob of butter – cut in half;
- 1/2 lemon juice;
- Virgin olive oil;
- 1 Tbsp of finely chopped garlic;
- Sea salt & cracked black pepper.
That is it. That is all you need to make this stunning dish.
Scallops ‘w’ Butter Garlic & Sage
Follow the steps to scallop heaven;
- Rinse the scallops in fresh water and then pat them dry;
- Season them with sea salt & cracked black pepper;
- Pop half the butter in a frypan and get that melted down and hot and throw in the scallops;
- Here’s a top-tip – your presentation side is the ‘browned’ side so leave that in the pan for 2-3 minutes until it is browned and then flip and cook for a further minute – plate the non-browned side down – hey presto;
- Whilst you are doing that add the remaining butter into a pan and add a drizzle of olive oil;
- Cook that slowly until all is melted and the butter is sizzling hot;
- Throw in the garlic and fry that off a little;
- Then in go the sage leaves – they will fry and crisp up;
- Add in the lemon juice and let it warm through – off the heat.
Pop the scallops non-browned side down. Place a crispy sage leaf n each scallop and then spoon over your beautiful citrus butter sauce. Serve it whilst it’s hot folks and sit back and watch the feeding frenzy. I am gutted I can’t eat these as I tried the sauce and it was so good. Hey ho, it is what it is. Very proud of this beauty of a dish. My Scallops ‘w’ Butter Garlic & Sage – ENJOY!!!