Recipe: Perfect Brad's Sea Scallop Appetizer with Maple Butternut and Pea Puree

Brad's Sea Scallop Appetizer with Maple Butternut and Pea Puree.

To cook Brad's Sea Scallop Appetizer with Maple Butternut and Pea Puree you need 14 ingredients and just 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of Sea scallops, about 3 per serving.
2. You need of Sea salt.
3. Prepare of Olive oil.
4. It's of Chopped cooked bacon for garnish.
5. Prepare of For the maple butternut puree.
6. You need 1/2 cup of chopped, peeled butternut squash.
7. Prepare 1/4 tsp of sea salt.
8. It's 1/2 tsp of sour cream.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of maple syrup.
10. It's 1/2 tsp of lemon juice.
11. You need of For the pea puree.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of English peas, frozen works better than canned.
13. Prepare 1/4 tsp of sea salt.
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp of lime juice.

Brad's Sea Scallop Appetizer with Maple Butternut and Pea Puree directions

1. Start 2 pans of water on to boil for the purees. Boil squash and peas separately until they are tender..
2. To make the purees, drain squash and peas separately. In a blender add ingredients for the squash puree. The squash and peas should be hot when you blend them. Pulse a couple times. Turn blender to liquefy and slowly add hot water until puree becomes very smooth and silky. Taste and adjust seasonings to your liking. Repeat with the peas. They will take considerably less water to make smooth..
3. Get a large frying pan heating on stove just over medium heat..
4. Cut scallops in half so they will cook evenly. Pat dry with paper towels..
5. When pan is hot add about 1 tbs olive oil per batch of scallops. Put scallops in pan. Lay them away from you. Immediately salt them. They should only need about 90-100 seconds per side. If doing more than 1 batch, clean pan between batches. Drain on paper towels for a minute when done..
6. For plating, either mimic the picture or arrange in your own style. Garnish with a small piece of bacon. Serve immediately. Enjoy..