Scallop shells for baking are just one way that you can impress the guests at your dinner party. You’ll love this delicious recipe for scallops baked in their shells. You’ll need scallop shells for baking from Quality Shells, and a few other ingredients.
Puff pastry and scallop shells for baking
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Sauté shredded carrots, shredded leek, and celery in a saucepan with some butter. Cook for a minute or two until this mixture becomes fragrant. Add some coriander and cumin to the mixture to taste. Then add a little bit of fish stock to the pan and cook gently until the vegetables are softened.
Then take the orange roe from the edge of each scallop—remove and discard the membrane. Put the roe into a blender with egg yolk until you have a smooth egg mixture. You’ll soon have a delicious dish to put into your scallop shells for baking!
Flour a board and roll some puff pastry dough into a rectangle and then cut into three matching strips. You’ll need each strip to be long enough to wrap around each scallop shell for baking.
Once the vegetables have softened, add a teaspoon of diced butter into the pan. Shake the pan out a bit to make a sauce.
Make three circles with kitchen foil on a baking tray. You’ll need these to act as cradles for the scallop shells for baking when they sit in the oven. Place three half shells on a tea towel so that they sit flat. Spoon some of the vegetables into each half scallop shell for baking. Put scallop slices on top of the vegetables. Spoon some butter sauce onto the top. Using a pastry brush, make a ring of the egg roe wash around the outside edge of the empty scallop shells. Do the same with the half of the scallop shells for baking that contain the vegetables.
Take one of the pastry strips and put the two shells together—with the puff pastry acting as a seal. Repeat this with all three scallop shells for baking. Put the tray into the oven for 8-10 minutes until the pastry is puffed and golden.
Your dinner guests will be impressed at the way the puff pastry enhances the look of the scallop shells for baking!
