Herb baked queen scallops

Name: Herb baked queen scallops
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) butter; sea salt and pepper; sea salt and pepper; 32 queen scallops (in the half shell); 40 g (1½ oz) fresh white breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp chopped parsley; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed; 50 g (2 oz) butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

About

Queen scallops are quite small, about the size of a golf ball, and they are a bit tedious to prepare, but you can buy them in the half shell, ready cleaned. If you can’t find queen scallops, 24 medium ordinary scallops will do.

Ingredients

32 queen scallops (in the half shell)

Europe
United Kingdom
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

To make the herb crust, melt the butter in a pan and gently cook the garlic for a minute without allowing it to colour. Stir in the chopped parsley and breadcrumbs, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
Preheat the grill to high. Lay the scallops on their half shell on a grill tray and scatter with the herb crust. Cook under the hot grill for 3–4 minutes