Fishwife Recipes — scallops recipes

Browned butter and sage! What could possibly top those flavours? I will tell you what… scallops! This recipe is ridiculously simple and tastes like a dish you would buy at a five star restaurant. A nice quick dinner to impress your guests! Or, if you are new mommy like me and “Date Night” is a thing of the past, you can create a romantic dinner for two at home. Quickly throw down a table cloth, two candles and a big bowl of scallop pasta in front of your hubby and he may just remember why he married you in the...

My husband always shares his stories of when he worked in Australia, diving on the Great Barrier Reef, many years ago. One that always fascinated me was his description of how scallops used to fly through the water like Pac Man and how, in order to catch them, they would knock them with the back of their hand to throw them off balance! He always described how delicious and fresh they were as they literally pan-fried them on the boat for dinner that same night. This is his simple recipe on how to cook them, which is the same method...