Liya's Scallop Appetizer

Ingredients:

  • 3 scallops

  • 3 quails egg

  • 1 tbsp of grape seed oil

  • 1 lb frozen peas

  • 4 tbsp butter, unsalted

  • 2 garlic cloves, minced

  • 1 medium shallot

  • 1 cups vegetable stock

  • 3 tsp of salt and pepper.

  • Cocktail onions

  • Curly parsley

Instructions:

  1. In a medium pot sauté your butter, shallots, and garlic

  2. Add your peas, vegetable stock, and salt and pepper to pot with butter, shallots, and garlic

  3. Let that simmer and then pour into a blender

  4. Blend until you see no more chunks (don’t worry about it being completely smooth.)

  5. Pour into a strainer, and using a spatula smooth out the purée. Set aside

  6. Place a small saucepan on a medium-high heat

  7. Pour in some grape seed oil and add scallops. Make sure to pat your scallops dry and season with some salt.

  8. Flip them every 30 seconds, and they will be done once you see a crispy golden top.

  9. Once they’re done place them on a plate with a paper towel over it

  10. In another pan add olive oil and crack your quail eggs in.

  11. Cook quail eggs over easy, taking care not to break the yolk

  12. Similar to step 10 place the quail eggs on a plate with a paper towel over it.

  13. Cut the cocktail onions in half and then peal off the first two-layer and then peel out the inside layer to have a hollow cocktail onion.

  14. optional: throw your cocktail onions in a pan and sauté them till a little brown.