This simple yet elegant dish can be made in minutes. Tender, sweet ocean scallops are fantastic in raw dishes and melt in your mouth. They pair wonderfully with the Asian inspired ginger wasabi dressing.
Crudo is Italian and Spanish for raw and is a dish of uncooked ingredients; usually fish, shellfish, or meat with some sort of dressing. Although crudo and sashimi both call for raw foods, sashimi is thinly sliced and is focused on the fish. Crudo is made with other ingredients to highlight the raw seafood, the focus is not solely on the raw meat or fish. It will typically have some sort of dressing. It can simply be extra virgin olive oil and salt or something with more ingredients such as an acid or herbs.
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EQUIPMENT: grater, whisk, bowl.
Raw Scallop Crudo
Cuisine: Italian, JapaneseDifficulty: Easy2
servings10
minutesTender, sweet ocean scallops are fantastic in raw dishes and melt in your mouth. They pair wonderfully with the Asian inspired ginger wasabi dressing.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon prepared wasabi
dash sea salt
6 fresh, cold sea scallops
Directions
- Put two small plates in the freezer to chill.
- Combine all ingredients except the scallops and whisk well.
- Arrange three scallops on each plate. Drizzle with the sauce. Serve immediately.
