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Grilled Scallops With Sweet Chilli Sauce And Creme Fraiche
Ingredients
- 18 lrg scallops trimmed sesame oil
- 1 x salt and pepper watercress leaves
- 3/4 c. creme fra"che Sweet chilli sauce
- 15 clv garlic peeled
- 6 lrg red chillies stems removed
- 4 1/2 x thumbs offresh ginger peeled roughly minced
- 1 1/2 x thulnbs of galangal peeled roughly minced
- 12 x lime leaves
- 4 1/2 x lemon grass stems (remove the two outside leaves throw away the top third of the stem and finely slice the remainder)
- 1 1/2 c. fresh coriander leaves
- 2 1/4 c. caster sugar
- 225 ml cider vinegar
- 150 ml Asian fish sauce (nam pla)
- 75 ml tamari (or possibly good quality soy sauce)
Directions
- Put the first seven ingredients of the chilli sauce in a food processor and puree to a coarse paste.
- Put the sugar in a saucepan with 4 tbsp of water and place on a moderate heat stirring well till the sugar dissolves.
- Remove the spoon and tum the heat up to full.
- Boil for 58 min and don't stir till it has turned a dark caramel colour (but dont allow it to burn).
- Now stir in the paste bring the sauce back to the boil and add in the last three ingredients.
- Return to the boil and simmer for 1 minute.
- Leave to cold.
- Lightly oil the scallops with sesame oil and season then grill each side on a char grill overhead grill or possibly in skillet for 90 seconds.
- Sit them on a bed of watercress put a dollop of creme fra"che on top and drizzle generously with sweet chilli sauce.
- Serves 6
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