Scallops with lime butter
Ingredients
for 4 person
75 g | butter, soft |
1 | lime, rinsed with hot water, dabbed dry; use grated zest and 1 tsp of juice |
2 pinch | sea salt |
300 g | mealy potatoes, diced |
500 g | celeriac, diced |
1 dl | cream |
1 tsp | salt |
a little | pepper |
½ tbsp | butter |
12 | scallops |
½ tsp | salt |
a little | pepper |
How it's done
Lime butter
Using the whisk on a hand mixer, beat the butter, lime zest, lime juice and salt until light and creamy, shape into a rectangle on a board lined with cling film, cover and chill for approx. 1 hr.
Celeriac puree
Place a steamer basket in a wide pan, fill with water to just below the bottom of the basket. Add the vegetables, cover and cook over a medium heat for approx. 20 mins. until soft. Heat the cream, remove the pan from the heat. Pass the vegetables through a food mill and into the cream, season.
Scallops
Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan. Reduce the heat, fry the scallops over a medium heat for approx. 2 mins. on each side, season. Plate up the celeriac puree, top with the scallops and lime butter.
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