Main Dishes

Scallops with Saffron Sauce

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 15 mins
Course Appetizers & Snacks
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 16 large scallop (s), fresh
  • 0.5 tablespoon ½ butter
  • 2 shallot (s), finely chopped
  • salt
  • Black pepper
  • 150 ml wine, white, dry
  • 250 ml fish stock
  • 200 ml crème fraîche
  • 8 saffron threads dissolved in a little white wine
Scallops with Saffron Sauce
Scallops with Saffron Sauce

Instructions

  1. Separate the roe from the mussels, halve the mussels widthways. Put on a cloth. Heat the butter and add the shallots. Cover and sauté over a mild heat until soft. Season the scallops and add them to the pan. Cook on a mild heat for 1 minute. Add the roe and cook for 1 more minute. Remove the scallops and roe from the pan and keep them warm.
  2. Add the wine to the shallots and reduce to 2 tablespoon. Stir in the stock and reduce to 1/2 cup. Add the creme fraiche and the dissolved saffron and simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly. Divide the sauce on 4 plates and arrange the mussels and roe on top.
  3. Decorate with thinly planed carrot strips.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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