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Pan-fried scallops with quail eggs, served with asparagus and hollandaise sauce
Photo: Joseph Gonzalez

Pan-fried scallops with quail eggs, served with asparagus and hollandaise sauce

8 ingredients 30 min + 10 min Serves 1-2 openrecipes

This recipe was cooked by amateur chefs as part of the BBC's Step Up to the Plate television programme.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

434
Calories
34g
Protein
31g
Fat
8g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
White Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Quail not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 5 asparagus
  • 50g/2oz butter
  • 2 free-range egg yolks
  • 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • salt and freshly ground white pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 scallops
  • 3 free-range quail

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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