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Scallop Pasta Salad with Hot Bacon Dressing
Ingredients
Scallops
- 1 pound scallops
- salt, pepper, paprika
- olive oil for searing
Roasted Corn
- 3 cobs corn
- pat of butter for each
Sausage
- 1 cheese & parsley sausage ring
Pasta
- 10 ounces orecchiette cooked and drained.
Hot Bacon Dressing
- 6 slices bacon fried up and chopped
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 shallot thinly sliced
- 2 garlic cloves grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Garnish
- parsley chopped
- 3 scallions sliced
Instructions
Scallops
- Season scallops generously.
- Heat oil over medium high in skillet.
- When oil is HOT, sear scallops on both sides until cooked through. Remove to a plate.
Corn
- Season with salt/pepper. Add pat of butter to each.
- Roast 35 mins in the oven (400°) on a foil lined jellyroll pan, turning occasionally.
- Slice off the cob when done.
Sausage
- Pan sear on both sides to brown and place in oven at 425 until finished cooking all the way though. Then slice.
Hot Bacon Dressing
- Add the hot bacon into the oil (I used a mason jar) along with the other ingredients. Shake to combine.
Assembly
- Pour hot bacon dressing onto the pasta and stir.
- Top with the sausage, corn and scallops. Garnish with scallions and parsley, if desired.
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