PRAWN - Garlic Scapes Scampi

By Aemelia

Ingredients

• Protein of your choice, I used sea scallops, shrimp, and sliced chicken breast, but you really can use anything you like. But if you use white wine like I did you may want to stick with your “white” m
• 1 bunch chard or any green you like chopped up into bite size pieces
• red chili flakes to taste
• 2-3 ramps sliced up
• 1-2 garlic scapes chopped up
• 1-2 T. butter
• 1 cup or so white wine, any decent wine works here, I have done this with whatever I was drinking at the time or even vermouth.

Details

Adapted from selectivepalate.com

Preparation

Step 1

First heat a fry pan until it is good and hot, melt 1/2 the butter (if it smokes too much you can add olive oil to bring the smoke point down, or just remove the pan from the heat as you add the butter).

Place your scallops (or whatever) in the pan to get a nice sear on the meat. I seared off my scallops first then the shrimp and finally the chicken (each separately so not to over cook the seafood).

Remove meat from pan and add more butter along with the ramps, scapes, and chili flakes if using.

Saute for about 30 seconds to 1 minute until you just begin to see some color and smell the ramps and scapes.

Add the wine and deglaze the pan scraping up all the wonderful bits.

Add in the chard and begin to wilt the greens. Then place your meat back into to pan just to warm through, and finish cooking.

You can if you like add a little more butter to the sauce at the last minute to give it a silky texture and don’t forget to season with salt and pepper at the end very important! Serve over leftover rice, pasta, cous cous or by it self.