Here is the recipe I created recently for the Tassie Scallop Fiesta in Bridport, where I cooked a demonstration, a fun 7-hour road trip for Steph and I. A beautiful and filling winter dish let me know how you go when you make it! Enjoy and let me know how you go when you cook it, works out to be about $7 per person
Pan fried scallops, white bean puree, dukkah and roast winter veggies.
Serves 4
My number one tip for cooking scallops or any seafood is selecting a good oil to cook it in, preferably an extra virgin olive oil, and some butter. It is pretty easy to make a simple Dukkah to have on hand in the pantry, a mild mix of spices, nuts and seeds that will liven up loads of home cooking including the roast veggies in this dish or simply buy a good quality version. Scallops are easy to cook and delicious in this hearty winter family meal.
500 grams scallops Extra virgin olive oil butter
Large sweet potato 2 large beetroot 1⁄4 pumpkin
2 cups white beans -cooked 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 cloves garlic
Sea salt and pepper
2 tablespoon dukkah
Turn the oven on to 180 C and lightly coat the sweet potato, pumpkin and beetroot in oil, place on a baking tray and bake in the oven for about 45 minutes until cooked through.
To make the puree, blitz the peeled garlic cloves, beans, lemon juice, a splash of extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper together in the food processor until smooth.
To cook the scallops, heat a heavy based frying pan to a medium high heat and add a splash of extra virgin olive oil. Without crowding the pan and stewing the scallops, pan fry the scallops until they are golden brown on each side. This will only take a minute or 2 so make sure that everything else is ready before you start cooking them. There will always be a difference of opinion on what a cooked scallop is. I prefer mine opaque and on the raw side while my fisherman husband prefers them cooked all the way through. Season with sea salt and serve with the sliced sweet potato, pumpkin, beetroot and puree, a sprinkle of the dukkah and a splash of good quality extra virgin olive oil.
I will also pop this scallop dish on the menu at upcoming workshops, when I can get the fresh scallops of course. Still spots available in next Thursday the 17th Tasmanian Cooking Experience workshop. We will be making fresh bread into herb and cheese pull apart loaf, shucking oysters, cleaning and baking octopus, panfrying scallops, cooking quail and making a honey and mustard dressing, cooking a whole fish Brendan with catch fresh for us and making a lemon tart, and more. We generally cook around 10 recipes from my books and after our morning of cooking we sit down to a long lunch feast of our delicious cooking. Includes a copy of an award-winning book to take home. I’ve been busy in the garden hopefully a few of the lunch feasts will be on nice weather days and outside.
A few pics from our delicious bread baking workshop last Thursday the workshop are casual and fun!
Other workshop dates listed with spots left to book:
Thursday August 17th Tasmanian Cooking Experience
Thursday August 31st Seafood Cooking (only a few available in this one!!) Saturday September 2nd Tasmanian Cooking Experience (for everyone that asked for a weekend date!)
Thursday 28th Tasmanian Cooking Experience
Please enquire about other dates for private groups or even if you just have a few interested in a date and workshop and I can see what If I can fit it on the calendar. Private groups are already booking in for Christmas functions, we are only 10 minutes from the Hobart CBD.
Cookbooks
Price adjusted, as we are selling more direct now at Salamanca Market, through the cooking school and online store. We are at Salamanca Market once a month
or so, keep your eye on our social media for dates. Please let your visiting friends know, the books make excellent gifts and souvenirs or order them online.
Teralina Beach House
Take advantage of winter rates and lowered minimum stay. The house is proving to be very popular with families and fishing trip weekends so far. http://www.teralinabeachhouse.com
Little Norfolk Bay Events and Chalets
Take advantage of lowered winter rates and our popular 2night stay special- we include a fish pie to heat, breakfast provisions and wine. Booking the chalets with The Event House is great for groups with loads of room in the event house to socialise, perfect for small celebrations.
http://www.littlenorfolkbayeventsandchalets.com
Thanks Eloise
Eloise Emmett 