This dynamic dish of spicy, limey sliced raw scallops is one of the signatures at our restaurant Leña Brava. There, on a glass plate we make a beautiful arrangement of scallops, chile, red onion, cilantro, cucumber and avocado. In a cocktail shaker, we muddle a few slices of serrano chile, a sprig of cilantro and a thin slice of red onion. To that we add a few ice cubes and 3 to 4 tablespoons of the spicy lime broth. As we set the scallops on the table, we seal up the cocktail shaker, shake it as we would a cocktail to chill the “broth” and give it a final infusion of the muddled aromatics, then we pour it over the scallop-and-vegetable arrangement.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
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Instructions
Slice each scallop into 4 rounds and shingle 8 slices onto each of 6 serving plates. Strew each plate with serrano slices, red onion slices, cucumber half moons, diced avocado and cilantro leaves. In a blender jar, combine the cucumber, serrano chiles, lime juice, salt and sugar. Blend until smooth, then strain. Pour a portion of the spicy lime “broth” over each plate of scallops and serve right away.
Just a kind heads up — the above ingredient list does not list the recipe-mentioned cilantro leaves, that are used as garnish. Just a small edit/update.
Right you are, Shaw. Thanks so much for the heads up. Fixed now.