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Big scallops with a real crust on them, a browned butter sauce that lands sharp and salty at the same time, and the whole thing done in half an hour. It looks like work. It isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\uddc8 <strong>Brown butter, honey and capers, that&#8217;s the whole trick<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Melted butter is fine. Browned butter is something else. Nutty, almost caramel, and it&#8217;s the reason this sauce doesn&#8217;t taste like every other lemon sauce out there. The honey isn&#8217;t there to sweeten anything, it&#8217;s there to take the edge off the lemon so the acid stops shouting. The capers bring the salt. And fresh lemon only, juice and zest both. Bottled juice tastes flat and it will drag the entire pan down with it.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f <strong>Looks expensive, takes thirty minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is my move when I want to impress without sweating. An anniversary at home, a Friday that needs to feel like something, or a random Tuesday when supper needs to be more than supper. Serve it as a starter, or put it over saffron risotto, lemony pasta, a pile of arugula. Cold white wine, a candle. Nobody has to know you were only in the kitchen for half an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udd90 The Saturday I decided to spoil myself This one started as a selfish idea. I wanted scallops, I wanted butter, I wanted lemon and capers, and I wasn&#8217;t in the mood to share the credit with anybody. 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