Lemon Crumb Sea Scallops with Lemon White Bean Purée

Difficulty:
1/5

This recipe for Lemon Crumb Sea Scallops with Lemon White Bean Purée is from episode 4 of Fish the Dish.

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Scallops

  • 12 large Sea scallops, cleaned and patted dry
  • Salt
  • 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Canola oil
  • 2 Tbsp (28 g) cold butter
  • Thyme leaf
  • Lemon wedge
  • ¼ cup (60 ml) Pistachios

Lemon White Bean Purée

  • ¾ cup (70 g) melted butter + ¼ cup (60 g) reserved for crumb
  • 2 cups (500 ml) canned white beans, well rinsed
  • 1/3 cup (80ml)  Grated parmesan
  • 1 Tbsp (15ml) Olive oil
  • Grated zest of 2 Lemons
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Lemon Crumb:

  • ¼ cup (60 g) melted butter (See above)
  • 1½ oz (45 g) Fresh white breadcrumbs (about 2 slices bread, crusts removed)
  • 1 Lemon zested
  • Salt to taste
  • 3 Tbsp (45ml) Chopped parsley

Directions

  1. Melt butter for the white bean puree in a saucepan.  Add half of the butter to a blender with white beans, grated parmesan, olive oil, lemon zest, and lemon juice, and blitz until smooth, if the mix is too thick you can add a little water until desired consistency. Place in saucepan and keep warm over low heat.
  2. Pat scallops dry and season with salt. Add canola oil to a skillet at medium-high heat. Sear scallops salt-side down. After about 1 minute, flip scallops, and add cold butter, thyme leaf, and a lemon wedge. Take off heat. Spoon some of pan juice over the scallops.
  3. Pour remaining melted butter into a skillet. Toss in breadcrumbs. Sprinkle in salt and zest in lemon. When breadcrumbs are crispy about 1 minute add fresh parsley and toss.
  4. Plate scallops on purée and top with lemon crumb. Drizzle a little of scallop pan juices. Add pistachios for garnish.