Spanish Style Shrimp And Scallop Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Combine the first six ingredients and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Lay assorted greens onto a plate and place shrimp and scallop mixture on top. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro if desired.
• Serve chilled with additional Marie's Garlic Parmesan Italian Vinaigrette on the side.

Steps:

• Place the first 8 ingredients in a blender. Cover and process until blended; set aside. Divide the lettuce, cucumber, avocado, nuts, onion and cilantro between 2 serving plates. , In a small bowl, combine oil and jerk seasoning. Thread shrimp and scallops onto 2 metal or soaked wooden skewers; brush with oil mixture. , Grill skewers, covered, over medium heat until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque, 2-3 minutes on each side. Place on salads; drizzle with dressing.

Steps:

• Slice garlic thinly. Season shrimp with kosher salt and paprika. Mix to coat.
• Heat garlic and oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until garlic starts to turn golden, about 2 minutes. Add shrimp and increase heat to high. Toss and turn shrimp with tongs until starting to curl but still undercooked, about 2 minutes. Pour in sherry. Cook, stirring continuously, until sauce comes up to a boil and shrimp is cooked through, about 1 minute more. Remove from heat. Stir in parsley with a spoon.

Steps:

• In two separate saucepans bring water to a boil with 1 tablespoon salt and 2 tablespoons vinegar in each pan. (If you don't have two saucepans, you can execute this step in two stages using the same saucepan twice.) When the water comes to a boil, drop the shrimp into one pan and the scallops into the other. Cook the shrimp for 1 to 2 minutes, depending on their size, and the scallops for about 1 minute, until their color turns a flat white. Drain immediately.
• Shell the shrimp leaving the tails on, remove the vein that runs down the center of the back, and put them in a bowl with the drained scallops.
• Peel 4 oranges with a sharp paring knife, removing the peel and the pith. Slip the blade in between the sections to detach the pulp from the thin membrane that encloses each section. Lift out the membrane-less sections and remove any seeds. Set aside.
• Detach the lettuce leaves from the head, discarding any bruised or wilted leaves. Wash the leaves in several changes of cold water and shake dry in a towel or in a salad spinner. Cut the leaves into strips about 1/2-inch wide. Cut the remaining orange in half and squeeze out the juice.
• Combine the shrimp, scallops, and orange sections in a bowl. Add the orange juice, salt, olive oil, and liberal grindings of pepper and toss thoroughly.
• Choose a shallow-- neither too deep nor too flat-- serving platter. Line it with strips of lettuce and top them with the shrimp, scallops, and orange sections, distributing evenly over them all the seasonings in the bowl. Serve at once.

Steps:

• In a skillet heat 1 tablespoon of oil with the garlic over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it sauté the shrimp and the scallops, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir the tomato, the olives, and the onion and transfer the mixture to a large bowl. In a bowl whisk together the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon water, the vinegar, the paprika, the sugar, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the lettuces and the dressing to the shrimp mixture and toss the salad to coat it well with the dressing.

Steps:

• Put the shrimp, celery, bay leaf, garlic, salt and pepper in a saucepan. Add water to cover. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Let stand.
• Put the scallops in a saucepan and add three-quarters of a cup of the liquid in which the shrimp cooked. Bring to the boil and let simmer one minute. Remove from the heat and let stand briefly. Drain.
• Cut the celery cabbage into very fine shreds. There should be about six cups.
• Cut away and discard the core of the tomatoes. Peel the tomatoes and cut them into quarters. Cut the quarters into very thin wedges.
• Peel the onions and cut crosswise in half. Cut each half crosswise into very thin slices. There should be about two cups.
• Cut away and discard the stems of the mushrooms. Cut the caps into very thin slices. There should be about one and one-quarter cups. Sprinkle the slices with lemon juice and toss.
• Peel and devein the shrimp. Split them lengthwise in half. There should be about two cups. Cut the scallops into rounds.
• Put the celery cabbage in a bowl, add the onions and mushrooms and toss. Arrange the shrimp and scallops neatly over all. Garnish all around with the tomato wedges. Sprinkle with one tablespoon chopped dill.
• To make the salad dressing, put the mustard in a mixing bowl and add the vinegar and sugar. Start beating with a wire whisk and gradually add the oil. Beat in the dill, salt and pepper.
• Serve the salad and salad dressing separately if desired. Or toss the salad with the dressing.

Steps:

• Salad: In a bowl add sliced red onion, halved Cherry Tomatoes, sliced cucumber, set aside.
• Seafood: Heat pan on a medium heat then add olive oil. Add scallops and shrimp in a single layer on warm pan and cook for about 4 to 5 minutes or when browned.
• Turn over each scallops and shrimp and cook again for about 3 to 4 minutes or when browned.
• While these are cooking, place honey, lemon and brown sugar in a microwave-proof small bowl and heat for about 30 seconds, remove from microwave and mix ingredients together until watery. Then pour over scallops and shrimp.
• Cook until they are caramelized.
• Salad Dressing: In a small bowl, mix together lemon juice, olive oil, Dijon mustard and black pepper, set aside.
• To plate: Add salad in the middle of the place add seafood around salad, drizzle salad dressing on salad and garnish with capers.
• Serve with crusty bread.