Scallop And Lemon Spaghetti

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 400 g scallops
• 400 g spaghetti (dried)
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (use the best you can)
• 2 lemons (grated rind and juice of)
• salt (freshly ground to taste)
• black pepper (freshly ground to taste)
• 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley (roughly chopped)

Recipe

• 1 trim any scruffy bits from the scallops and cut in half (note scallop pieces that many fishmongers sell at a lower price also would work well here).
• 2 cook pasta in well salted water until just tender and drain.
• 3 meanwhile heat the oil and toss the scallops in this until they are just coloured but not cooked through.
• 4 add the pasta to the scallops along with the lemon rind and juice and mix through and season wel and then mix through the parsley and serve immediately.