新鮮帶子炒西班牙香腸 Pan-fried fresh Scallops with Chorizo

春天向來都是最令人迷茫的季節。但今年英國的初春天氣卻是特殊的差。以為踏進三月以後會逐漸好轉。誰料交替著延綿不斷的雨水之後竟是場無情的風雪。剛過去的一個星期，首先幾天雪不斷的下了幾天。氣温只徘徊於零度上下；那白茫茫的世界像凝結冷却起來。呎高的積雪踏在腳上，是結實的。寒冬似乎還頑強的不願離去。

Spring weather has always been a little temperamental; rainy and cold one moment, and warm the next. This year, however, has been especially bad. Winter clung on through January and February, but I felt for sure that we would be treated to kinder weather when March arrived. Who would have thought that a huge blizzard was just around the corner! Last week, heavy snow fell steadily for few days, with temperatures falling to zero degrees. the world outside felt completely frozen; when we stepped onto the foot-high snow it was packed solid, and it felt as though the extreme cold was stubbornly refusing to leave.  

後來雪終於停了。温暖光亮的太陽也探出頭內，慢慢地把滿地的冰霜軟化。家裏連一滴牛奶都沒有了。我們從車房找出鏟子來把雪推開，挖了两條路來讓車輪可以駛出，急不及待地朝超市出發買菜去。

When the snow finally ceased to fall, warm sunlight began to show through the clouds, gently melting it away. We didn't have a drop of milk left in the fridge. Digging a pair of spades out of the garage, we made two clear tracks through the snow for the car and drove straight to the supermarket.

經過海鮮部的櫃檯前，不自覺地便被那些新鮮的帶子吸引著。决定要買些回家做個美好的午餐，去撫慰一下被苦寒的天氣折騰了這許久的身心。甚至開懷地迎接那遲來卻美麗的一個春日。

Walking by the seafood counter, my attention was instantly drawn to some fresh scallops. I felt compelled to buy them, thinking I could whip up an exciting dinner, as an antidote to the  miserable, cold, wet weather, and may be even to welcome the late arrival of Spring!

帶子買了回來，想著要怎樣泡製才好吃。記起那天看電視，看到英國著名美食作家 Nigel Slater 在船上訪問一位捕鱼類海產為生的漁人。他在船上用一個小爐，一個小平底鍋，把新鮮捕回的帶子就地煮來給大家品嚐。臨起鍋前他在炒起的帶子上加進两大湯匙蜂蜜，各人吃得津津有味。Nigel Slater 驚嘆那漁人的秘方！說這食譜簡單之餘卻出奇的美味，他以後一定要照著來做。

I brought the scallops home and wondered how to go about using them as the star component of a nice meal. I remembered that one day I watched a programme where English food-writer Nigel Slater was visiting a fisherman out on a boat with his crew. He was demonstrating the best way to cook and serve fresh scallops. Using a small pan on top of a gas cooker, he pan-fried some freshly caught scallops,  and before they were done, he added two big tablespoonful of honey to the pan. The honey was a special ingredient which made this dish outstanding and delicious. Nigel was so impressed with the recipe that he vowed to recreate this flavour the next time he cooked scallops at home. 

看完那節目之後，我就知道不需很久，我便會把這個美味小炒，做起來放到我家的餐桌上。

I know after watching this programme; before long, I'll bring the delicious flavour of this dish, to our dinner table at home too.  

新鮮帶子炒西班牙香腸

( 4 人用 )

材料：

• 新鮮帶子 20 個
• 西班牙香腸 4 - 6 小條
• 中號洋葱 2 個，甜紅椒 2 隻，葱 4 條，小紅辣椒 2 隻，薑指頭般大，蒜頭 4 粒，青檸 1 個。
• 海鹽、鮮磨黑椒各 1 茶匙
• 糖 1 茶匙
• 酒 半杯 125ml
• 蜜糖 2 大湯匙

做法：

1. 帶子洗淨用廚紙印乾，香腸去外衣切片：蒜頭剁蓉，薑切絲。葱切段，綠、白部份分開。洋葱、紅椒切絲。
2. 燒紅平底易潔鍋，改用中火把西班牙香腸片两邊烤至微焦盛起。把帶子加進鍋中，用香腸餘油把帶子每邊煎約 3 分鐘或至剛熟，盛起與香腸片同放。
3. 加油 1 湯匙至鍋中。下薑絲、葱白、蒜頭和辣椒用中火爆香，加入洋葱炒軟；然後下紅椒和綠葱段。
4. 加進海鹽、鮮磨黑椒、青檸汁、糖、酒繼續兜炒；轉小火至汁液煮乾少許，下帶子香腸快手拌勻收火。淋進蜜糖兜勻上桌。分別盛進四隻帶子殼或小砵子上桌。

Pan-fried fresh Scallops with Chorizo

( serves 4 )

Ingredients:

• 20 fresh scallops
• 4 - 6 small Chorizo
• 2 medium onions, 2 sweet red peppers, 4 spring onions, 2 red chillies, 1 thumb size piece ginger, 4 cloves garlic, 1 lime.
• 1 tsp sea salt and 1 tsp freshly ground back pepper
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/2 cup 125ml wine
• 2 tbsp runny honey

Steps:

1. Scallops cleaned, washed and dried with kitchen paper. Remove the skin of Chorizo and slice thinly. Mince the garlic, cut ginger into stripes. Spring onions quartered and green and white parts separated . Onions slice thinly and red peppers roughly cut.
2. Heat up a large non-stick pan then turn down to medium heat, pan-fried the chorizo slices on both side till they're slightly brown. Take them out and leave to one side. Add the scallops in the pan, use the chorizo oil to pan-fry the scallops about 3 minutes on each side until they're slightly brown and just cooked through, take them out and put with the chorizo together.
3. Add 1tbsp oil in the pan, fry the ginger, the white part of spring onions, the garlic till they turned brown then add the onions and fry until soft; put the red peppers and the green parts of the spring onions in the pan.
4. Add salt and black pepper, lime juice, sugar and wine, continue to fry and cook until the sauce reduce a little, quickly put in the scallops and chorizo, stir well and turn off the fire. Drizzle the honey in the pan, coat and mix everything together. divide the contents into 4 scallops shells or 4 small plate and serve.

這個復活節假期間，何不也做這道菜來款待家人好友。也一起來歡接這美麗春天的來臨！

祝各位親愛的讀者們復活節快樂!!

During this Easter holiday, why not serve this lovely dish for your family and friends. And to welcome the  beautiful Spring together as well!      

Wishing all our dear readers a very Happy Easter!!