Scallops with lime butter

Total: 1 hr 45 min. | Active: 45 min.
gluten-free

Ingredients

for 4 person

Lime butter
75 g butter, soft
lime, rinsed with hot water, dabbed dry; use grated zest and 1 tsp of juice
2 pinch sea salt
Celeriac puree
300 g mealy potatoes, diced
500 g celeriac, diced
1 dl cream
1 tsp salt
a little  pepper
Scallops
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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