Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Food News Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Wineries Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Sea scallops with parsley and macadamia pesto Food Sea scallops with parsley and macadamia pesto Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 Ingredients 16 sea scallops, removed from shell Spray olive oil Sea salt 2 cups mixed leaves 1 cup ripe Roma tomatoes, flesh only, diced 1 tbsp dill leaves, picked 4 tbsp parsley & macadamia pesto Ground black pepper Parsley and macadamia pesto 1 cup parsley sprigs, washed and tightly packed into the cup 1 tbsp macadamia nuts, roughly chopped, roasted, unsalted 1/3 cup macadamia nut oil 1 large clove garlic, crushed 30g parmesan cheese, finely grated Method Trim the scallops of the black membrane on the side – spray each one and cook on hot griddle pan for 30 seconds to 1 minute each side, depending on scallop thickness. Scallops must not be overcooked and prefer to be seared rather than cooked through as they go very tough when overcooked. Sprinkle with salt only as you cook. To serve, put equal amounts of the finely shredded lettuce in small piles around the perimeter of individual dinner plates. Top with scallops, sprinkle on the tomato dices that have been mixed with the dill. Spoon on pesto (see below) into the centre of each plate and grind black pepper over the plate. Serve immediately. Parsley and macadamia pesto Put all ingredients into a processor bowl and blend until smooth. Pulse the processor until the ingredients start to break down, then leave the engine to run to form a smooth paste. Adjust the consistency of the pesto with more oil if needed. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves 4 SHARE Perfect Match Elvarado Tempranillo Grenache 2018 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Prometheus Berry Blast Rosé 2021 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Elvarado Tempranillo Grenache 2019 $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Leconfield Syn Cuvée Blanc Sparkling NV $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Annais Organic Shiraz 2020 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Turkey Flat Butchers Block Red Blend 2017 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Hay Shed Hill Shiraz Tempranillo 2019 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tumblong Hills Track Winding Back Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 $18.70 in any 12 $19.80 in any 6 $22.00 each Price | options $18.70 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Sam Miranda Prosecco NV $17.00 in any 12 $18.00 in any 6 $20.00 each Price | options $17.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Rob Dolan True Colours Cuvée Blanc 2019 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Amadio Horse & Cart Series Nebbiolo Rosé 2021 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart The Other Wine Co. Grenache 2019 $22.95 in any 12 $24.30 in any 6 $27.00 each Price | options $22.95 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Small Valley Vineyard Pinot Gris 2021 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Wangolina Mencia 2021 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Bleasdale Tempranillo 2021 $25.50 in any 12 $27.00 in any 6 $30.00 each Price | options $25.50 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Petaluma Project Co Malbec 2019 $34.00 in any 12 $36.00 in any 6 $40.00 each Price | options $34.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Australia’s First Families of Wines: Feast with the Henschkes Words by The Henschke Family on 29 May 2018 Food Pan fried fillet of Murray cod with roasted shallots and red wine Food Tetsuya Wakuda’s Salmon carpaccio with wasabi recipe Words by Tetsuya Wakuda on 7 Sep 2017