Seared scallops with brown butter

12 INGREDIENTS • 5 STEPS • 15MIN

Seared scallops with brown butter

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This dinner party-worthy seared scallops recipe makes an elegant starter or light lunch. Sear plump scallops to allow them to develop a beautiful golden char, then serve with a rich, nutty brown butter and a zingy apple and watercress salad.
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This dinner party-worthy seared scallops recipe makes an elegant starter or light lunch. Sear plump scallops to allow them to develop a beautiful golden char, then serve with a rich, nutty brown butter and a zingy apple and watercress salad.
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15MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
2
1
M&S Remarksable Value lemon
1 tsp
Dijon mustard
1 tbsp
M&S apple cider vinegar
1 tsp
M&S pure honey
4 tbsp
M&S extra virgin olive oil
100 g
young garden peas
1
Granny Smith apple
5 g
fresh flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
35 g
watercress
1 pack
(190 g)
M&S Argentinian scallop
50 g
M&S Remarksable Value salted butter
25 g
M&S roasted hazelnuts, roughly chopped

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
539kcal
Fat
48.6 g
Saturates
16.8 g
Sugars
15.1 g
Salt
510.2 mg
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step 1
Grate the lemon zest (1) into a bowl and set aside. Combine the mustard (1 tsp), lemon juice, vinegar (1 tbsp) and honey (1 tsp) in a clean empty jam jar with the olive oil (4 tbsp) and season with salt and pepper. Shake vigorously to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning, sweetness and acidity as needed.
step 2
Bring a small saucepan of salted water to the boil and cook the peas (100 g) for 2-3 minutes until tender. Drain and allow to cool.
step 3
Cut the apple (1) into matchsticks, discarding the core, and add to a bowl with most of the parsley (5 g), reserving a little to garnish, the cooked peas and the watercress (35 g). Toss in most of the salad dressing (keep the rest of the jar to use in another recipe).
step 4
Pat the scallops (1 pack) dry with kitchen paper then season with salt. Heat a splash of oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the scallops. Cook for 2 minutes, until they have developed a golden colour, then flip. Add the butter (50 g) and the hazelnuts (25 g) and cook, basting with the butter, for a further 2 minutes, until the butter is brown and smells nutty.
step 5
Serve the scallops with the salad and a drizzle of the hazelnut brown butter from the pan. Finish with the reserved lemon zest.
step 5 Serve the scallops with the salad and a drizzle of the hazelnut brown butter from the pan. Finish with the reserved lemon zest.

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