Scallops With Seaweed Butter

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 17 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 8 large fresh sea scallops
• 8 tablespoons rock salt
• 1/4 sheet nori, finely chopped to make 8 pinches
• 1/2 lime
• sea salt
• ground red chili pepper (piment d'espelette) or fresh black pepper

Recipe

• 1 arrange 8 clean scallop shells or gratin dishes on baking sheets. using pastry brush and about 2 tbsp of butter brush each scallop with butter. set 1 scallop in shell, refrigerate until the butter has firmed on th e scallop, 10 - 15 minutes. preheat boiler to high.
• 2 neatly mound 2 tbsp rock salt, spacing well apart on large plates. remove scallops from refrigerator and sprinkle each with a pinch of nori. dot with remaining 2 tbsp butter. broil until scallops are barely cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• 3 transfer scallop shells to plates, nestling each into a mound of salt. sprinkle with lime juice as desired and season with sea salt and piment d'espelette to taste. serve immediately.