Spiced cauliflower with bay scallops

Recipes

Spiced cauliflower with bay scallops

By Shannon Bennett

15 minutes

Preparation time

10 minutes

Cooking time

24 as a canapé, 6-8 serves as entrée

Serves

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Ingredients

½ head of cauliflower, cut into florets
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cumin seeds, crushed with mortar and pestle
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
½ tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbs pine nuts
4 spring onions, white and light green, thinly sliced
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
2 tbs currants
2 tsp sesame oil
24 fresh scallops, in the shell
Micro coriander to serve

Method

  1. Preheat the oven on Fan Plus at 160°C.
  2. In a food processor add the cauliflower florets and blitz until fine.
  3. Place the pine nuts on a universal tray and toast in the oven on shelf position 2 for 5-7 minutes or until golden. Set aside to cool.
  4. Heat oil in a medium frying pan over medium heat, Induction setting 6. Add the spices and toast for 30 seconds or until fragrant.
  5. Add the cauliflower, spring onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and cook until tender and slightly golden.
  6. Roughly chop the pine nuts and combine with currants, lemon juice and zest, sesame oil and cauliflower mixture.
  7. Place the scallops in a perforated steam container and Steam at 85°C for 2 minutes.
  8. Serve the scallops in the shell and top with the cauliflower mixture and micro coriander.

Applicance Functions

  • Fan Plus
  • Induction Cooktop
  • Steam
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