PAN SEARED SCALLOPS WITH BACON FENNEL CREAM SAUCE

This recipe for pan seared scallops with bacon fennel cream sauce makes an ideal dinner party idea that doesn’t take much time at all. If you prep all your ingredients beforehand and have them at the ready beside the stove, the cooking time should really be about 15 minutes; not long at all to be away from your guests at all while they enjoy a pre-dinner drink or nibbles.

A perfect choice for a romantic dinner just for you and your sweetheart too. The creamy fennel flavoured sauce is delicious with the sweet succulent scallops with the bacon cutting the richness just a little with its smoky saltiness. Such an quick, easy recipe makes a nice midweek dinner treat too after a busy day at work.

For another delicious scallops and pasta Suggestion try our Creamy Garlic Scallop Spaghetti recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 dozen large scallops
• 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
• 4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup whipping cream
• ½ cup seafood or chicken stock
• ¼ cup white wine
• 6 slices crisp cooked bacon
• ⅔ cup finely chopped fennel (if fresh fennel is not available you can substitute ½ tsp ground fennel seed)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 350 g package fresh fettuccine pasta

Instructions

1. Chop bacon into small pieces and cook until crisp in a large non stick sauté pan.
2. Drain fat and discard.Set the bacon aside.
3. Add the garlic and fennel to the pan and sauté until the fennel begins to soften; just a couple of minutes.
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