SCALLOPS AND PRAWNS WITH HAM BUTTER AND PEAS AND BROAD BEANS
Ingredients
- 50g/1¾oz Iberico ham
- finely chopped
- 150g/5½oz butter
- softened and beaten
- 1–2 tbsp smoked paprika
- 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
- 1 courgette
- ½ cut into ribbons and ½ into rounds
- 200g/7oz broad beans in their pods
- 200g/7oz peas in their pods
- 1 Little Gem lettuce
- cut into quarters
- core removed
- olive oil
- for drizzling
- vegetable oil
- for deep-frying
- handful kale
- leaves picked
- pinch salt
- pinch sugar
- pinch smoked paprika
- 400g/14oz large raw prawns
- peeled and halved
- 2 scallops
- halved
- 1 lemon
- juice only
- olive oil
- for dressing
- lemon wedges
- to serve
Directions
- To make the ham butter
- heat a small saucepan over a medium heat and cook the ham to render the fat. Leave to cool
- then beat into the soft butter with the smoked paprika.
- Preheat a barbecue to a high heat.
- To make the vegetables
- heat the unsalted butter in a frying pan and cook the courgette ribbons for 1 minute.
- Cook the broad beans and peas in their pods on the barbecue for a few minutes on each side to warm through. Barbecue the rounds of courgette for 3 minutes on each side. Lightly brush the Little Gem quarters with olive oil and barbecue for 2 minutes on each side.
- To make the crispy kale
- fill a deep-fat fryer or a large
- deep
- heavy-bottomed saucepan two-thirds full with the vegetable oil. Heat to 180C (a cube of bread should turn brown in 1 minute when dropped in.) CAUTION: Hot oil can be dangerous. Do not leave unattended. Deep-fry the kale until crisp
- then drain on kitchen paper. Mix the salt and sugar with a pinch of smoked paprika and sprinkle over the kale.
- To make the scallops and prawns
- place the pre-soaked plank on one side of the barbecue. Season the prawns and scallops with a little olive oil and lemon juice and place on the other side of the barbecue. Cook with the lid down for 4–5 minutes
- until smoky and cooked through. Remove from the heat and brush the ham butter all over.
- Place the vegetables
- prawns and scallops on a large serving plate and serve with lemon wedges and the ham butter on the side.

