Watermelon Couscous Salad With Peppercorn Crusted Scallops
From chefmeow 15 years agoIngredients
- 1 cup juice from yellow watermelon shopping list
- 1 cup couscous shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon saffron shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 cup red seedless watermelon diced shopping list
- 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts shopping list
- 1/4 cup fresh mint chopped shopping list
- 12 sea scallops with muscle removed shopping list
- 1/4 cup dry pink peppercorn shopping list
- 1 tablespoon pink and black peppercorns shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
How to make it
- Bring watermelon juice to a boil then add saffron, butter, salt and pepper.
- Pour over couscous and cover for approximately 20 minutes then fluff up with fork and let cool.
- Once cooled add toasted pine nuts, mint and diced red watermelon.
- Rinse and pat scallops dry.
- On a cutting board using bottom of heavy pot coarsely crush peppercorns.
- Place peppercorns in shallow dish and dredge sea scallops then season with salt.
- Heat a lightly oiled heavy bottomed frying pan to just about the smoking point.
- Using tongs slowly place sea scallops in pan then sear 1 minute on both sides.
- Place mound of couscous salad in the middle of a plate and place three warm scallops on top.
- Garnish with watermelon salsa and additional mint.
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