Scallop Salad Recipe With Cobnuts

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easy
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1 hour 10 minutes

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This scallop salad recipe from Adam Gray is ideal for a dinner party starter, because all the components can be prepared in advance and the scallops fried to a delicate golden brown just before serving. If you can’t find cobnuts, use toasted hazelnuts instead.

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Scallop salad

12 scallops
500g of duck fat
6 Ratte potatoes
100ml of rapeseed oil
20 cobnuts, skinned
1 handful of salad leaves
salt
pepper

Maple syrup dressing

400ml of olive oil
100ml of water
200ml of maple syrup
50ml of sherry vinegar
salt
ground white pepper

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Preheat the oven to 110°C/Gas mark 1/4. Slice the potatoes 1cm-thick and place them in a shallow oven tray lined with greaseproof paper

6 Ratte potatoes

Warm the duck fat in a saucepan and pour it over the potatoes until they are covered. Cover the tray with foil and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until the potatoes are just tender

500g of duck fat

Alternatively, toast them under the grill, keeping a careful eye on them to ensure they do not burn

Once the potatoes are done, remove from the oven and leave in the duck fat until needed

Heat a heavy frying pan over a high heat and add the rapeseed oil. Once the pan begins to smoke, add the scallops to the pan, presentation-side down and fry until golden

100ml of rapeseed oil
12 scallops

Meanwhile, combine all the ingredients for the dressing in a screw-top jar and season to taste with salt and pepper. Put on the lid and shake until well mixed. Set aside until serving

400ml of olive oil
100ml of water
200ml of maple syrup
50ml of sherry vinegar
salt
ground white pepper

To toast the cobnuts, put them in a dry frying pan over a medium-high heat and stir frequently until golden. Remove from the pan and allow to cool

20 cobnuts

Turn the scallops over and continue cooking on the other side until the same colour is achieved

Put 3 slices of potato down the centre of each serving plate (reheating in the oven if necessary) and top with the scallops. Arrange the cobnuts and salad leaves around the outside then drizzle with the maple syrup dressing and serve