Scallops, celeriac purée, black pudding, red chicory and anchovy salad
A cheffy bistro-style starter for when you want to pull out all the stops!
Ingredients
For the celeriac purée
- 1 small celeriac, peeled and sliced
- 75²µ/2½´Ç³ú butter
- 400ml/14fl oz milk
- 2 thyme sprigs
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 bay leaf
For the crumbled black pudding
- dash olive oil
- 150g/5½oz good-quality morcilla black pudding, crumbled
For the scallops
For the vinaigrette
- 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 3 tbsp olive oil
For the red chicory and anchovy salad
Method
To make the celeriac purée, put the celeriac and 25g/1oz of the butter into a saucepan. Fry briefly then cover with the milk and add the thyme, garlic and bay leaf. Cook until the celeriac is tender. Drain, reserving the cooking liquor.
Blend the cooked celeriac in a food processor or blender until smooth. Add just enough of the cooking liquor to the blended celeriac to loosen to a purée. Add the rest of the butter, mix well and keep warm.
To make the black pudding, heat a dash of olive oil in a frying pan and cook the black pudding for 8–10 minutes.
To cook the scallops, heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the scallops for 2 minutes over a high heat.
To make the vinaigrette, mix the oil and vinegar together in a bowl.
To make the red chicory and anchovy salad toss the red chicory in the vinaigrette.
To serve, spoon some celeriac purée on each plate, layer some anchovy fillets through the dressed chicory, add some crumbled black pudding and finally halve the scallops and dot them around.
