Scallops With Bacon And Water Chestnuts

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 fresh scallops, cleaned and halved across
• 8 tinned water chestnuts, halved
• 8 slices bacon, halved
• salad leaves
• chopped chives, to garnish
• 4 1/2 ounces butter
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 pinch powdered saffron
• 1/4 cup dry wine
• 1 tablespoon anchovy essence (optional)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 wrap each piece of bacon around a scallop half and water chestnut half, and skewer them, allowing 4 bacon-wrapped portions per stick.
• 2 preheat the broiler. broil the scallops for 3-4 minutes, turning over once.
• 3 meanwhile, make the saffron butter. in a small, heavy-based frying pan heat together the butter, lemon, vinegar, saffron and wine. mix in the anchovy essence and season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• 4 divide the salad leaves among 4 serving plates and top each plate with a freshly cooked skewer of scallops. drizzle the saffron butter over the scallops, sprinkle with chives and serve at once.