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Sicilian Cold Poached Seafood Salad

Salads, Seafood

Serves 6-8

Ingredients for Seafood Salad

1 cup medium Shrimp, peeled & deveined
1 cup Bay Scallops
1 cup Squid, with tentacles & sliced
1 cup Jumbo Lump Crab
1 whole Lemon, cut in half for poaching
2 Bay Leaves
4 tbsp Lemon Juice
¼ cup Fennel, finely diced
2 tbsp Orange Juice
¼ tsp crushed Red Pepper
3 tbsp Parsley, roughly chopped
½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt & White Pepper, to taste

Method for Seafood Salad

• In a large pot, bring water to a boil.
• Add a pinch of salt, bay leaves and lemon halves.
• Add shrimp and scallops and poach for approximately 1-2 minutes.
• Remove the shrimp and scallops from the water with a strainer and place in an ice bath.
• Bring the pot back to a boil and add the squid.
• Poach for 1-2 minutes, remove and add to the ice bath with shrimp and scallops.
• When seafood is completely chilled, strain and pat dry.
• Place in a mixing bowl along with the lump crabmeat.
• Add the remaining ingredients.
• Season with salt and white pepper. Adjust flavors to your liking.
• Chill for at least an hour and serve on a bed of arugula or mixed greens.
• Drizzle with a pinch of extra virgin olive oil just before serving.

37 New Orleans Rd, Hilton Head, SC, 29928
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