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Miso butter scallops

Miso butter scallops
Chef's Armoury
Recipe By: 
Chef's Armoury
www.chefsarmoury.com [1]
Prep Time: 
5 Minutes
Cook Time: 
10 Minutes
Serves: 
2

Miso butter scallops

Ingredients

  • 6 fresh scallops still on shell
  • 75g baby spinach
  • 2 tbsn cooking sake - ryourishu
  • 2 tbsn mirin
  • 1/2 tablespoon red miso
  • 25g butter
  • vegetable oil
  • (Japanese ingredients available from Chef's Armoury)


Method

  1. Remove scallops from shell, pat try and set aside
  2. Blanch scalliops in hot water and cool
  3. Add sake, mirin, red miso in a pot and bring to a simmer to cook off alcohol
  4. Add 15g butter to sauce, 1 cube at a time and whisk until incorporated. Set sauce aside.
  5. In a new pot add spinach, 1 tbsn water, pinch of salt to a pot with a tight fitting lid and put on low heat until wilted, approx 3-5 mins. Set aside.
  6. Put a cast iron pan on medium - high heat. Add 10g butter, 1 tbsn oil.
  7. When butter bubbles add scallops and sear on one side for approx 30 seconds.
  8. Turn scallops and cook second side for another 30 seconds.
  9. Transfer scallops to warm sauce and toss to coat lightly,
  10. Put 1/6 spinach on each shell. Place one cooked scallop on top of the spinach.


Tips & Hints

  1. Top with chives or shallots for garnish

Links
[1] http://www.chefsarmoury.com/