Carpaccio of Scallops with Chili, Lemon, and Wood Sorrel

Updated February 07, 2017

0 Comments

Contributors

Cookbook

The New Irish Table: Recipes from Ireland's Top Chefs

Published by Imagine

View

Carpaccio of Scallops with Chili Lemon and Wood Sorrel

The scallops for this dish need to be spanking fresh so that the sweet, untainted flavor of the fish shines through. You need to season the scallops with a delicate hand, so go carefully, watching where the seasonings land.

Serves4

CostModerate

Easy

Total TimeUnder 30 minutes

Ingredients

6 large scallops, trimmed of their coral
4 pinchs of chili (or crushed red pepper) flakes
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 1/2 tablespoons best quality olive oil
1 tablespoon (generous) wood sorrel leaves
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Slice the scallops horizontally into ⅛ inch/3 to 4 mm slices and divide in a single layer between 4 cold plates, allowing 1 ½ scallops per serving. Season the scallops with a small pinch of chili flakes, sea salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Finely grate some lemon zest over the scallops and squeeze a little lemon juice over each serving.
Sprinkle on the wood sorrel leaves and finally drizzle with olive oil. Serve immediately.

Notes

If wood sorrel isn’t available, coriander (cilantro) can be used instead.
The scallop coral is not used in this dish as their texture is not entirely suitable for eating raw, but save them for a chowder or a scallop mousse.

Share This Recipe

Heres a Mexican twist on conventional shrimp cocktail, with smoke and fire coming at you from all directions. First from the shrimp, which you season with hot red pepper flakes and cumin and smoke over smoldering mesquite. Then from a cocktail sauce that features the sweet, smoky flavors of fresh orange juice and chipotle chiles. Add chiles to your likingone for mildly spicy shrimp, two for pyromaniacs. Beats the traditional cold boiled shrimp cocktail hollow.

Nana’s Southern Gumbo

If you're looking for a Southern recipe that will quickly become part of your family's favorite dinners, then this recipe for Nana's Southern Gumbo is it! Filled with an assortment of vegetables, plus ham, chicken, and seafood, this easy gumbo recipe hits all the right notes. It's hearty and filling, and also includes a medley of flavors that everyone is sure to love. This recipe for Southern gumbo is also easy to make, so consider cooking a pot of gumbo for dinners this week.