Mr. Tess worked out of town several weeks this summer. Cooking for one: white grape juice, directly from the bottle. Tuna and mayo on macaroni. Thin spaghetti with butter and pepper. Vanilla ice cream in front of the freezer. What do you eat when no one is looking?
Here is a “cooking for one” meal which had some healthy green things to supplement the essentially white starch and carbohydrates I was over consuming.
Scallops are fast food!
These sweet, succulent, toothsome tidbits smelling of the ocean are too delicious to eat only on special occasions.
Scallops are fast food. If you cook them too long they will become rubbery and inedible.
Bay scallops must be very fast. Smaller bay scallops are usually quickly cooked in a fast stir-fry, or in a sauce for pasta, or in a soup.
This recipe is unusual in that the little scallops are skewered, sauced, and broiled.
The scallops are fine served at room temperature so would make a nice appetizer or snack with drinks.
Mr. Tess bought shrimp and scallops for a pasta dish, but he did not use the scallops. They were beautiful large specimens, smelling of the sea, though only four. They were perfect for a small side dish for my lamb chop and corn on the cob dinner.
Scallop dengaku is an example of modern Japanese cooking mixing traditions with principles and flavors of European cooking. In this case, a gratin technique: the scallops are baked and not grilled on skewers.
Tess's Japanese Kitchen 