When my husband and I would be asked "Are you making the scallops?" before "How are you?" by all of our family members every holiday, we knew we had a winner appetizer.
Those of you familiar with Nantucket, know that as the weather cools and island dies down from the busy summer hustle, the locals get amped for the gift of Bay Scallop Season. A few short months out of the year, we get to eat our weight in ACK's "ocean candy" and it just so happens to fall right around the holidays. Years ago, Timy and I decided that we would share the wealth and make our families a little pre-Thanksgiving Feast appetizer of Bay Scallops wrapped in Prosciutto- (paying homage to one of our favorite island restaurants The SeaGrille's Scallops Wrapped in Bacon with a Grain Mustard Remoulade). Needless to say, we had converted even the non-seafood eating members of our family into Scallop Fanatics.
Moving to Colorado, with seafood not being as readily available to us hasn't stopped us from carrying on our traditions... That's what overnight shipping and good friends are for! So please enjoy and maybe you too can become the scallop whisperer of your family.
Ingredients:
1-2 Lbs. Scallops (preferably Bay Scallops but smaller Sea Scallops work)
12 Thin Slices of Prosciutto
Olive Oil for brushing
Salt and Pepper
Preheat your oven to broil HIGH or outside grill to medium high heat.
Presoak wooden skewers in hot water so they do not burn.
Rinse scallops and if necessary, remove tendon that connects them to the shell. Pat dry with a paper towel.
Cut each individual slice of prosciutto into thin strips just wide enough to wrap around the scallop and skewer them onto the wooden sticks; careful to not overcrowd, keeping slight spacing between them.
Lightly brush olive oil over the wrapped scallops and season with cracked pepper and just a pinch of salt (the prosciutto will add salt too).
Cook for about 3-4 minutes per side, turning once or twice until prosciutto starts to crisp and brown.
Serve immediately. I like to accompany with whole grain mustard or a spicy honey mustard.
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