Having combined their talents, the duo Martin and Fitch are fulfilling their dream of bringing vibrantly modern home cooking to all New Yorkers. From market-fresh organic meals for home entertaining, to *innovative* food for any business event, to your most elegant affair, Martin and Fitch have the culinary range (literally) and expertise to suit your palette as well as your lifestyle.
Celebrating Summer: I am honored to share a Peach Trilogy, 3 amazing peach recipes in my next three posts, from Martin & Fitch. We start with a main course of seared scallops. This can be served as an appetizer or main course.
Seared Scallops with Peach and Cilantro Salsa
Serves Two
Recipe courtesy of chefs Maura Martin and Phoebe Fitch
Photography: Noelle Grosso
- 8 Sea scallops
- 1 tsp sweet butter
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
Peach salsa
- 2 ripe but firm peaches cut into a small dice
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 T fresh lime juice
- 1/4 cup finely dice red onion
- 1/4 cup finely diced red pepper
- 1/2 jalapeno pepper deseeded and finely diced
- 2 T chopped cilantro
Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Combine all ingredients and season with salt and pepper, then set aside
Scallops:
- Remove small muscle from all scallops
- Rinse with cold water and dry completely
- Add butter and oil to sauté pan
Season scallops with salt and pepper- Heat pan until it just begins to smoke
- Add scallops to pan, leaving enough room so they don’t touch
- Sear scallops until they have a golden crust (about 1.5 minutes on each side)
Serve immediately with a spoonful of peach salsa and garnished with cilantro