Vieiras à Moda do Norte

Name: Vieiras à Moda do Norte (A scallop recipe from the north of Portugal)
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: grated cheese, 4 tbs; a sprig of parsley, chopped; dry port wine, 1 tbs; a clove of garlic, chopped; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; large scallops, 8, in their shells; large scallops, 8, in their shells; butter, 50 g (2 oz); thick tomato sauce, 200 ml (⅓ pint)

A scallop recipe from the north of Portugal

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

This recipe is based on one recorded by Olleboma, who reminds his readers that ewe’s cheese would be used in the north of Portugal, where scallops abound and where the dish belongs. However, you may use other suitable cheese.

Ingredients

large scallops, 8, in their shells
butter, 50 g (2

Europe
Portugal
north of Portugal
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Place the scallops, flat shells upwards, on your cooker’s hot-plate. Once they start to open, prise them fully open with a knife, remove the contents and keep such liquid as is released. Separate corals and white muscles as usual, wash them and cut the muscles into thick slices. Fry the corals lightly in half the butter. Place corals, sliced muscles, tomato sauce, reserved scallop juices, port,