Prep Time
1 Hour
Cooking Time
40 Minutes
Serves
2-4 People
Ingredients
Buy A Voucher- 8 Large king scallops
- Cauliflower (A good-sized cauliflower as it’s needed for several components of the dish)
- Bread for breadcrumbs
- Some Sorrell for serving (optional)
Ingredients for the batter
- 25cl lager beer
- 2 eggs + 3 eggs white whipped hard
- 200gr flour
- 2cl oil
Ingredients for the sauce:
- 2 string of fresh lavender (or dried)
- 25 cl of beef stock
Ingredients for black pudding croquette:
- 250gr of Kelly‘s butcher black pudding
- 50 gr of onion & apple puree
Method
Recipe from by Executive Head Chef Philippe Farineau from Mount Falcon Method.
For the batter:
- Take a large mixing bowl and add the sieved flour with 2 eggs and the oil.
- Poor the beer and whisk it well.
- Add the 3 hard whipped eggs white delicately to the mixed.
- Keep in the fridge until ready to use (up to 2 days maximum).
For the Sauteed Cauliflower:
- Divide the cauliflower into 3 large bouquets. For this part, take 8 small sections of the cauliflower bouquet, keeping the stems.
- Pan fry it slowly in a frying pan with a dash of olive oil, butter, and a drop of water.
- You should have a nice golden colour on one side then turn it and finish cooking it slowly.
- You may need to add some water. Keep it Hot.
For the Cauliflower puree:
- Cut half of the cauliflower and thin slices, discarding the stem this time.
- Place in a saucepan with 25cl of milk, season with salt and pepper, and cover with a lid.
- Cook over medium heat for about 12 minutes until tender.
- Remove some of the milk and transfer to an upright blender and blend until a very smooth puree. Keep it hot.
For the Cauliflower Beignet
- keep some smaller buds of cauliflower and blanch in boiling water for 30 seconds.
- Refresh it straight away under cold water.
- Dip the small cauliflower into the batter mix and fry it in hot oil (180 degrees) for 3-4 minutes until golden and crispy.
For the Sauce:
- Boil the beef stock and infuse the lavender for few minutes.
For the Black Pudding Croquette:
- Blend the black pudding and add the puree.
- Pipe the mix onto a parchment paper, the size of a finger, and freeze it.
- You should have about 8 pieces.
- Breadcrumb the pieces when you’re ready to serve the dish and deep fat fry the croquette before you serve it.
Finish the dish:
- Sear 8 Large king scallops quickly in a hot pan, 2 minutes on each side.
- Serve each person 2 scallops with a spoon of cauliflower puree, 2-3 nice golden crispy cauliflower beignet and 1 sauteed cauliflower, 2 fingers of deep-fried black pudding.
- Additional touches: add a few leaves of the wood sorrel and a little drizzle of the lavender sauce.
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