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Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan

In this recipe scallops are fried quickly, then cooked aaparagus tips are added with a sprinkling of parmesan to serve.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 16 scallops
2 250 g green asparagus spears
3 3 tablespoons Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 820 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	14 min.	38 min.

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Stage 1 - 10 min.

Scallops with green asparagus tips and parmesan

Peel 250 g green asparagus spears, and cook in salted boiling water until they are just cooked (still a bit crunchy).

Stage 2 - 2 min.

When done, remove from cooking water and put ito very cold water.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Then drain and dry them.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cut asparagus tips and set aside.

Heat serving plates.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Prepare 16 scallops by cleaning and drying them.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

Put 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large frying pan.

Put on high heat until lightly smoking, this is important for sealing the scallops.

Place scallops in the pan, and fry 1 or 2 minutes on each side until they are golden brown.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Reduce a the heat a little, season, and add asparagus tips.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Grate on or add 3 tablespoons Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), and melt by stirring for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Divide between hot serving plates, and serve as soon as possible.

Remarks

Any left over asparagus can be used to make soup. For this, cut into small pieces and proceed as for pumpkin soup.

Keeping

Once cooked, a few minutes.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
927 Kcal or 3,881 Kj	95 gr	10 gr	57 gr
46 %	36 %	1 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
113 Kcal or 473 Kj	12 gr	1 gr	7 gr
6 %	4 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
232 Kcal or 971 Kj	24 gr	2 gr	14 gr
12 %	9 %	<1 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 16.62 €
Per person : 4.16 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green asparagus spears: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green asparagus omelette, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, Pasta with green asparagus, Minestrone, ... All
	Scallops: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pan-fried scallops and chanterelles with Noilly Prat sauce, Scallops au gratin, Normandy seafood stew, Scallop and leek pancakes, Scallops with fondue of leeks, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roasted leeks with pesto, Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Coq au vin, ... All
	Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Polpete, Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Pea risotto "Mantecare", ... All

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