Over the last week I have been less than inspired. However a slow weekend gave me some time to reflect and along with that came inspiration. So in honour of this inspiration I decided to tackle a new dish, well new for me: scallops. A few weeks ago I had a fresh sea scallop from one of the fish mongers in Jean Talon. They were fresh and straight from New Brunswick! Words cannot describe my feelings of joy while consuming my 8$ taste portion, yes EIGHT WHOLE DOLLARS, but oh so worth it! Hélas, I had to tackle this delightful delicacy and lucky for me their petit cousins were half the price and more abundant at my local grocers.
With scallops in the fridge, I called my mother for advice. It’s the way to go in all my food dilemmas. She admitted that she had been unsuccessful in her previous attempts with scallops, so I headed to my next favourite resource, Youtube. Ah Youtube, the home of any and everything! I was lucky, after entering, How to Cook Scallops, I discovered this easy guide:
20 minutes later, some reflection, and I was ready to cook. Voilà, the final product:
I pan seared the scallops, as directed in the video, and accompanied them with garlic mashed potatoes and a nice green salad. The gravy on the potatoes is simply the pan drippings from the scallops. It was light in flavour but added just the right amount of umph! Were they tasty you ask….oh they were heavenly! And with two servings being less than 5 bucks I’m in for many many more scallops!
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