SCALLOPS with Toasted Pasta & Pomegranate Salad

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Ingredients

  • For Pomegranate Salad:
  • Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 meyer lemon, zested and juiced
  • 2 tablespoons mint, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons basil, chopped
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Directions:
  • Mix all ingredients together, season with salt and pepper and set aside.
  • For Pasta:
  • Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 vidalia onion, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 lb spaghetti, broken into 2 inch pieces
  • 2 cups chicken stock, plus water if needed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Directions:
  • In a high sided large saute pan over medium-high heat add 1 tbsp butter and olive oil.
  • Add onion and garlic and saute until softened, about 4 minutes.
  • Add broken pasta and toast until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes.
  • Add chicken stock and let simmer until pasta is just cooked through, about 6 minutes.
  • Add the remained butter to the sauce and stir.
  • Season with salt and pepper, set aside and keep warm.For Scallops:
  • Ingredients:
  • 6 large scallops
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • Directions:
  • Season scallops on both sides with salt and pepper. In a large saute pan over medium high heat, sear the scallops on first side until they have a deep golden brown crust, about 2 minutes.
  • Flip over and finish cooking other side about 1 minute, until scallops are just cooked through, remove to a plate.

Preparation

Step 1

is easy to make, and its brilliant red pomegranate seeds make it beautiful to serve.

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together, season with salt and pepper and set aside.

Directions:

In a high sided large saute pan over medium-high heat add 1 tbsp butter and olive oil.

Add onion and garlic and saute until softened, about 4 minutes.

Add broken pasta and toast until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes.

Add chicken stock and let simmer until pasta is just cooked through, about 6 minutes.

Add the remained butter to the sauce and stir.

Directions:

Season scallops on both sides with salt and pepper. In a large saute pan over medium high heat, sear the scallops on first side until they have a deep golden brown crust, about 2 minutes.

Directions:

One thing left out of the recipe...You need to buy FRESH dry scallops, no frozen or re-fresh as some call the scallops they thaw out before sale. Most frozen scallops have water added, and will never get crispy and brown on the outside...