Scallops with Pea Purée

Name: Scallops with Pea Purée
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 large sea scallops; 2 cups frozen peas; 100g pancetta or bacon, diced; 3 tbsp butter; 1 shallot minced; 2 tbsp cream; juice of ½ lemon; fresh mint; salt to taste

Pan-seared scallops served over a silky sweet pea purée with crispy pancetta and lemon butter. Patting the scallops completely dry before they hit the hot pan is what lets them sear and caramelise properly, since any surface moisture steams them instead of browning the outside.

Total time

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortseafood

Ingredients

12 largesea scallops

2 cupsfrozen peas

100gpancetta or bacon, diced

3 tbspbutter

1 shallotminced

2 tbspcream

juice of ½ lemon

fresh mint

saltto taste

Instructions

Cook pancetta until crispy; remove.

Boil peas; blend with butter, cream, and mint until smooth.

Pat scallops dry; sear in hot butter 2 min per side until caramelised.

Serve on pea purée with pancetta and lemon.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

187

Protein

6.7g

Fat

10.6g

Carbs

17.4g

Fiber

6.7g

Sodium

9mg

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