Mr. Hawthorne stopped at Billy's Seafood
on Colington Road Thursday and brought home
SCALLOPS.
Scallops are my favorites.
And here's what I was heading for:
Seared scallops with a roasted red pepper creme fraiche
and my leftover crabmeat mixture,
the cold tomato mixture from last night's
artichoke stuffing,
and a cold tomato concoction from the other night
when I thought I was going to do Chilies Rellenos
for Cinco de Mayo,
but that, unfortunately, tanked and bombed.
It's really too bad I do these dishes at night,
because in the sobering light of day,
my photographs would be spectacular.
My white plates would be ... WHITE.
But I do the best I can under the circumstances.
... and I Magic Bulleted away
until I had a nice pink-hued creme fraiche
which I topped with crushed red pepper.
Dixie played in the pool all day while I did yard work,
so she's very tired and lazy -
too tired to stand up to drink out of her bowl.
I heated my pan, added butter and olive oil (light),
and seared the scallops,
maybe 2-3 minutes each side.
Seared scallops with crabmeat mixture from the other night,
tomato/pepper/onion mixture on the left
between the aspargus,
the tomato stuffing mixture from the artichokes at top right,
and roasted red pepper creme fraiche on the scallops,
and asparagus sauteed in butter.
This was excellent.
The heat of the sweet scallops
melted the creme fraiche a bit so that it kind of
drizzled down the sides of the scallops.
Here's the tomato/onion/pepper salsa
I originally made for my chilies rellenos,
but that's a sore subject
which I won't talk about again.
Crabmeat on top scallop.
Roasted red pepper creme fraiche melting on bottom scallop.
I love scallops just by themselves,
but these sauces added a new dimension of flavors and tastes,
elevating this dining experience to a new level.
I adore scallops.
ReplyDeleteDAMMIT Rosie you two stop all this yammering about CRABMEAT! You're driving us crazy! Go to your room! DON'T MAKE ME COME OUT THERE!
ReplyDelete(oh, and happy M-day ;-)
The Scallops and Crab Meat looks good.
ReplyDeleteYou are making me very hungry right now!
ReplyDeleteHey, I have a Boykin Spaniel, named Dixie!
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