Seafood has settled down thoroughly in our menu. However, if shrimps, squids and crayfish are familiar to many, then what kind of a beast - scallop, not everyone knows. How to cook this exquisite seafood delicacy, you will learn from this article.
Scallop is a bivalve living in almost all seas. It is considered a dietary low-calorie seafood with high protein content and useful minerals such as iodine (scallop 150 times more than beef by this indicator), phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, cobalt. Vitamin B 12, riboflavin, thiamine, calcium are contained in the scallop meat. The use of delicacy contributes to lowering cholesterol in the blood, has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, sea scallop is especially useful for men, because it increases potency.
However, the above refers to a properly prepared delicacy. It is time to reveal some secrets of creating delicious and healthy scallops.
Tricks of cooking scallops
How to cook scallops
The most popular way of cooking scallops is cooking.
You will need:
- scallops - 500 grams,
- lemon juice - 1 tablespoon,
- bay leaf - 2 pieces,
- tomato or garlic sauce - 2-3 tablespoons,
- greens - to taste,
- salt to taste.
Preparation Method
- We put scallops for no more than 5 minutes into boiling salted water, otherwise they will become “rubber”. The readiness of the delicacy can be guessed by the white color.
- Cut the meat into strips.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice.
- Sprinkle with herbs and pour the sauce. Snack from boiled scallops is ready! A great addition to it will be boiled rice.
How to Roast Scallops
Another simple and popular way of cooking scallops is frying.
You will need:
- scallops - 5 pieces,
- salt - to taste,
- black pepper - to taste,
- olive oil - 2-3 tablespoons.
Preparation Method
- Thawed scallops we salt and pepper.
- Put on a pan with a non-stick coating in the heated oil. Fry for 2 minutes. Turn over. Fry more literally one and a half minutes.
- Fried scallops are put on a plate and served to the table along with vegetable salad and spicy sauce. We try!
Scallops Braised with Vegetables
You will need:
- scallops - 500 grams,
- Bulgarian pepper - 2 pieces,
- tomatoes - 2 pieces,
- bulb onion - 1 piece,
- spinach - 50 grams,
- celery - 50 grams,
- olive oil - 50 ml,
- lemon juice - 1 tablespoon,
- salt - to taste,
- black pepper to taste.
Preparation Method
- My pepper. Remove the seeds and stems. Finely cut.
- Onions clean. Finely crumbled.
- Tomatoes mine. Cut into small cubes.
- Spinach and my celery. Drain. Finely chopped.
- Fried vegetables are cooked in heated olive oil.
- Salt the vegetables and, after they squeeze the juice, lay out the scallops, which you first need to salt and pepper.
- Cover the pan with a lid and stew seafood with vegetables for 8 minutes, not forgetting to stir periodically.
- We put ready-made yummy in a beautiful dish. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Sprinkle with chopped greens. Serve to the table!
Baked Scallops
You will need:
- scallops - 24 pieces,
- champignons - 100 grams,
- green onions - 100 grams,
- hard cheese (optional) - 50 grams,
- white onions - 2 pieces,
- butter - 3 tablespoons,
- cream with fat content of 33% - 200 ml,
- dry white wine - 100 ml,
- salt - to taste,
- freshly ground white pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method
- Clean onions. We cut into semirings.
- Green onion mine. Drain. We cut in small pieces diagonally.
- Mushrooms clean. Cut each mushroom into 4 pieces.
- In a skillet, melt half of the butter specified in the ingredients list.
- Fry onion in butter for 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and green onions to the onion. Stirring, continue to fry for another 3 minutes. After we transfer the roasted vegetables to another dish.
- In a stewpan in which the onions and mushrooms were fried, pour in the wine. We evaporate to a decrease in 2 times.
- Add the remaining butter, scallops, cream to the wine. Salt and pepper. Tomim on moderate heat for one minute, stirring constantly.
- Add the fried vegetables to the finished mass. Stir. We decompose the yummy in portioned heat-resistant forms and send it to the oven, preheated to 250 degrees for 2-3 minutes. If you want to form a ruddy crust, then you can sprinkle it all over with grated cheese. Try it!
Solyanka with scallops
You will need:
- braised cabbage - 1 kilogram,
- scallop - 600 grams,
- cheese - 50 grams,
- olives - 10 pieces,
- salted cucumbers - 3-4 pieces,
- bulb onion - 2 pieces,
- lemon - 1/2 pieces,
- cooking fat - 3 tablespoons,
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons,
- capers - 2 tablespoons,
- tomato paste - 2 tablespoons,
- salt - to taste,
- pepper - to taste,
- Pickled fruit - optional.
Preparation Method
- Scallops cut into pieces weighing about 30 grams.
- Fry in vegetable oil until cooked (how to do this is indicated in the recipe above).
- Onions clean. Finely cut.
- Fry onion with tomato paste.
- We clean pickles, remove not only the skin, but also the seeds. Cut into slices.
- Stew cucumbers in a small amount of water until soft.
- Drain excess liquid. Add onions and capers to the cucumbers. Cover with a lid. Stew for 10 minutes.
- Pour some fat on the bottom of the saucepan.
- We spread the stewed cabbage, but not all, but about 2/3.
- After an even layer put scallops.
- Then comes the turn of cucumbers and onions.
- Top everything up with the remaining cabbage and sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Pour the remaining fat and send it into the oven until an appetizing cheese crust is formed.
- Decorate the hodgepodge with olives, lemon slices and pickled fruit. Remove the sample!
Scallops in Cream Sauce
Scallops are perfectly combined with cream sauce. Everyone can create this culinary masterpiece.
You will need:
- scallop - 500 grams,
- dry white wine - 200 ml,
- cream of 35% - 100 ml,
- onions - 1 piece,
- olive oil - 1 tablespoon,
- flour - 1 tsp,
- salt - to taste,
- freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method
- Onions clean. Finely chopped. Fry in olive oil.
- Pour in wine. Add salt and pepper.
- Scallops divide into 2 parts. Put on the pan with onions and wine. Fry on both sides for one minute.
- Fried scallops lay out in a baking dish.
- In the sauce, remaining in the pan, add flour. Stir.
- Gently pour cream into boiling sauce. Stir. Remove from heat.
- Strain the sauce and pour scallops on it.
- Bake in the oven, heated to 250 degrees for 2-3 minutes. After you can try!
Scallops in Bacon
You will need:
- scallops - 500 grams,
- bacon - 5-6 thin slices,
- cherry tomatoes - 12-18 pieces,
- butter - 4 tablespoons,
- lemon juice - 1 tablespoon,
- Dijon mustard - 2 tablespoons,
- Worcestershire sauce - 2 teaspoons,
- salt - to taste,
- ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method
- Mix the butter, Worcester sauce, Dijon mustard and lemon juice, melted in a water bath or in a microwave oven. Add a little salt and pepper. Stir.
- Dip scallops in cooked marinade. Leave for 20 minutes.
- While the meat is marinated, we cut the bacon into strips of a length that is enough to wrap each scallop.
- Pickled scallops wrapped in bacon.
- String scallops on wooden skewers, alternating seafood with cherry tomatoes. Pour kebabs remaining marinade.
- Bake on a grate over hot coals for 10-12 minutes. You can cook this dish in the oven, in the “Grill” mode, then it is not necessary to string the scallops on skewers, it is enough to fix the bacon with a toothpick.
Scallop with mushrooms
You will need:
- scallop boiled - 200 grams,
- champignons - 150 grams,
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 piece,
- butter - 2 tablespoons,
- flour - 2 tablespoons,
- milk - 3/4 cup,
- salt to taste.
Preparation Method
- Mushrooms clean. Mine Boil until done.
- My pepper. Remove the seeds and stems. Cut into strips.
- Boiled mushrooms also cut into strips.
- Fry the mushrooms and pepper in vegetable oil.
- After the mushrooms begin to turn red, add flour and, while constantly stirring, gently pour in the milk. Cook just a couple of minutes from the moment of boiling.
- Add the sliced boiled scallop (how to cook seafood, we reported above) and bring to a boil again.
- Dish served to the table with boiled potatoes or rice. Enjoy your meal!
