Baked Scallops with Endive Recipe

By
Kerry Saretsky
a photograph of Kerry Seretsky, a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Kerry Saretsky

Kerry Saretsky interned at Serious Eats in 2008, and wrote the French in a Flash recipe column. She also writes her own blog on modernized French cuisine called French Revolution Food.

Learn about Serious Eats' Editorial Process
Updated May 15, 2019
20121224ScallopsEndives-primary.jpg
Kerry Saretsky

Every time Mr. English and I are in Paris, we never miss an opportunity to eat at Le Comptoir, our favorite restaurant, just down the street from where we used to live when I was in cooking school. It's become a lot more popular than it was back then, but the food remains, in my opinion, the best in Paris. Their scallops with endives is one of the best dishes on a menu packed with best dishes.

The dish is unpretentious, but unexpected: five giant sea scallops from Brittany, still on their enormous half shells, tucked under a blanket of soft, roasted endives, anointed with bubbling sweet butter. The sweetness of the scallops and the butter is gently counterbalanced by the bitterness of the soft endives. Breathtaking! And it only takes three ingredients and about 20 minutes. Paris, je t'aime!

Recipe Details

Baked Scallops with Endive Recipe

Active 5 mins
Total 20 mins
Serves 2 servings
Cook Mode (Keep screen awake)

Ingredients

  • 8 to 10 ounces large sea scallops

  • 1 endive, bottoms trimmed, separated into individual leaves

  • 1 to 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • Lemon wedges, for serving

  • Hearty bread, for serving

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line two small gratin dishes or one medium casserole dish with endive leaves. Dot with butter. Place the gratin dishes on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Top with scallops, season with salt and pepper, and turn the scallops in the butter now melted in the bottom of each dish. Return to oven and continue baking until scallops are cooked through, about 8 minutes longer. Serve immediately with lemon wedges and bread for soaking up melted butter.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
196Calories
12gFat
8gCarbs
14gProtein
×
Nutrition Facts
Servings: 2
Amount per serving
Calories196
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12g16%
Saturated Fat 7g37%
Cholesterol 58mg19%
Sodium 604mg26%
Total Carbohydrate 8g3%
Dietary Fiber 1g5%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 14g
Vitamin C 21mg106%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 1mg4%
Potassium 345mg7%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

More Serious Eats Recipes