Ingredients
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4 Large Scallops
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5 Slices Bacon
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1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
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1 Small Onion
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5 Cloves Garlic
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100ml White Wine
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180ml Double Cream
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Salt and Pepper
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340g Spaghetti
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1 tablespoon Olive Oil
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1 tablespoon Butter
Directions
Pan Seared Scallops are the perfect meal for impressing friends or a date night dinner. The creamy bacon sauce make it doubly perfect.
Fresh scallops are not hard to find these days, most good supermarkets have them in stock fresh fish counter .
Pan searing is the perfect way to cook scallops therefore, it the how you serve them that important. Once of my favourite ways is with a garlic and bacon cream sauce and pasta. For the pasta I would always go for traditional spaghetti or linguine for this recipe.
I know that scallops can terrify a lot of people because they are expensive and very easy to over cook from silky to pencil eraser with 10 seconds flat. However, the key perfect pan seared scallops is preparation. You need to have your sauce and pasta cooked and read to serve before you even think about putting your scallops in the frying pan.
Pan Sear the scallops for around 1 minute per side and don’t fighten to pull them off the heat a little early and rest them – better to slightly undercook than over cook.
Serve simply with a fresh white wine and fresh bread this a restaurant quality dish you can have at home.
Steps
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1
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Chop the bacon into small slice. |
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2
Done
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In a heavy bottomed pan, add the oil and cook the bacon until crispy over a medium. Remove the bacon and place on a small plate small plate. |
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3
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Add the double cream and cooked bacon. Bring to simmer over low heat while you cook the pasta. Season with little bit salt and pepper. |
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4
Done
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Add the drained pasta to the cream sauce and stir well. |
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5
Done
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Place heavy non stick frying pan over medium heat and add butter and oil wait until really hot ( the butter will foam) then carefully fry the scallops for between 30 second to a 1 minute per side depending on their size. Remove from the heat. |
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6
Done
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Give the pasta stir, adding some of the reserved pasta water to loosen the sauce a slightly. |
