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Scallop & Shrimp Carpaccio w/ Szechuan Buttons

Justin June 4, 2008All Recipes, Guest Posts 5 Comments

Scallop & Shrimp Carpaccio w/ Szechuan Buttons

I‘ve got the button – Szechuan buttons that is!  The toothache flower.  Nature’s pop rocks.  When I heard about these bad boys I knew I had to have some, and while I would trade a button or two for some fresh wasabi and a truffle, I am way more than psyched to try these out.  Sechuan seems to be spelled all kinds of ways so I am going to alternate any ol’ time I want but that’s a digression – those that know (and that’s a club I would love to be in, the “those that know” club) have used these buttons in sorbets and cocktails but not me – I tasted one and sure enough it set my mouth a fizzin’ and all I could think of was seafood.

Scallop and shrimp “carpaccio” with radish and mandarin orange on a little bed of mixed greens is the perfect setting for these Szechuan buttons to work their magic. This dish balanced so perfectly on the pinnacle of flavor, the zenith, the apogee of taste bud orbit – it was out of this world.

INGREDIENTS
  • THINLY SLICED:
  • radish
  • shrimp – lightly steamed
  • scallops – raw
  • szechuan buttons (really small pieces of a button to a button and a half per serving)
  • FOR THE SALAD:
  • mandarin orange
  • fennel fronds
  • mesclun
  • lime
  • salt/pepper
  • olive oil

DIRECTIONS

Assemble supremes of mandarin, fennel fronds, mixed greens with the thinly sliced items on a plate and drizzle with olive oil and a small squeeze of lime and salt and pepper.

button-2

Enjoy!  This dish is all in the forethought since there isn’t much in putting it together and the keen thing is that when you finish your plate the buttons continue to do their magic for a good several minutes later.
Recipe by Christo from ChezWhat – again.

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Comments 5

  1. doggybloggy
    December 4, 2009 at 5:58 am

    wow this looks good and I ate it!

  2. Joan Nova
    December 4, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Wow, this is gorgeous. I wish someone would serve it to me right now.

  3. Christine @ Fresh Local and Best
    December 4, 2009 at 7:47 pm

    This is a very interesting and exotic dish! Impressive!

  4. Reeni
    December 4, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    This is so unlike anything I’ve ever eaten! I don’t even know what a szechuan button is. But I trust you and I bet this is totally delicious!

  5. girlichef
    December 6, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Oh, I am intrigued by these sechuan buttons! I had never heard of them before…leave it to you to introduce me to them. This is such a beautiful plate!

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