Recipe Favourites Fish / Seafood Scallops with red chilli and peanut dressing

Scallops with red chilli and peanut dressing

Ingredients

1 tbsp peanut oil

16 large Scallops

English mint leaves

Bunch mixed herbs (chervil, chives, tarragon)

Ingredients - red chilli and peanut dressing

3 coriander roots

3 cloves garlic

2½ long red chilies, deseeded

Juice of 1 lime

1 Birdseye chili

2 tbsp sugar

5 tbsp fish sauce

50g crushed peanuts

100g palm sugar

Method

Deseed and chop chillies.  Place dressing ingredients into a large mortar and pestle and grind until it resembles a fine sauce like consistency.

Pre-heat a &Calphalon One 25cm Frypan over medium heat for between 5-7 minutes, or until you can feel the heat off the pan when a hand is held approximately 30cm above. Drizzle a little peanut oil over the pan and sear scallops until caramelized, remove from pan and set aside.

Deglaze the Calphalon One Frypan with the chilli and peanut dressing. Place 4 individual dollops of dressing onto the centre of each serving plate and top each dollop with a scallop. Finish by placing mint leaves and sprigs of herbs on top.  Serve immediately.

Serves 4

*Calphalon One 25cm Frypan.  RRP $179.00