Seared scallops over buckwheat noodles with honey vinaigrette

Impress your guests with these fancy-pants scallops.

Ingredients

  • 16 diver scallops
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 230g buckwheat noodles
  • ¾ cup water
  • 5 tbs olive oil
  • 1/3 cup rice vinegar
  • 3 tbs soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 220g sugar snap peas, sliced diagonally
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved

Method

Season scallops with salt and pepper and set aside.

Tie noodles together at one end with a rubber band and cook according to package instructions. When finished, cut hard ends of noodles off.

Meanwhile, bring water to a boil. Remove from heat. Whisk in oil, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, lemon juice and pepper to make a vinaigrette.

Coat noodles with vinaigrette, saving some to coat peas and tomatoes later, and let stand.

Heat oil in pan and sear scallops for 1½ minutes on each side. (Spread them out so they cook evenly.) Remove from pan and place on paper towel.

Blanch peas by dunking into boiling water briefly, then placing in a bowl of cold water.

To serve, swirl a bunch of noodles on each dish and top with four scallops per serving. Place peas and tomatoes on the side or sprinkle over scallops and noodles. Drizzle with leftover dressing.

Author:
Cat Cora
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