Today we bring you a recipe made famous by Alton Brown and Food Network. It's a quick and fairly simple dish that takes at most 10 minutes to make with 4 servings.

Ingredients:
1 to 1 1/4 pounds dry sea scallops, approximately 16
2 teaspoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons olive oil
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions:
Remove the small side muscle from the scallops, rinse with cold water and thoroughly pat dry.

Add the butter and oil to a 12 to 14-inch saute pan on high heat. Salt and pepper the scallops. Once the fat begins to smoke, gently add the scallops, making sure they are not touching each other. Sear the scallops for 1 1/2 minutes on each side. The scallops should have a 1/4-inch golden crust on each side while still being translucent in the center. Serve immediately.

End result:
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Lasts month competition results!
We took in a good amount of entries for the competition last week, and have decided on the results for the top three places. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated.

3rd place: Tim Brown
2nd place: Tom Black - runner up prize: £10 gift card to use in our online store!
1st place: Amy Face - grand prize: £20 gift card to use in our online store!

We have sent out emails to the winners with instructions on how to claim their prizes. Good luck to everyone in the next competition!

While this is by no means a traditional chili, the flavorings and the heartiness of this soup are reminiscent of the traditional dish. This preparation of lobster can take the higher level of seasoning of the chili powder because the beans are cooked in the lobster stock so the dish has a strong lobster flavor. Instead of the usual cheese, though, this is great topped with creme fraiche and fresh chives. Preperation time should be approximately 1 hour and the dish serves 4.

Directions:
Dice half of the onion, celery and carrot into large pieces, place in a 6 quart or larger saucepan or stock pot with the bay leaf, peppercorns and 3 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Put the lobster into pot and boil for 15 minutes, then remove the lobster, strain the broth and set aside. Fine dice the remaining onion, celery and carrot. Heat the pan and olive oil over medium heat and saute the onion, celery and carrot until translucent, which is when you add garlic and saute a bit more. Add water, chili powder, cumin and white beans and then cook until beans are done, which will take about 45 minutes. Remove the lobster from its shell, rough chop and add to soup. Finish with cream and cilantro and season with salt and pepper to taste.

End result:
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Competition
To start our competitions off we decided on a fairly straight forward objective. Our competition for this month is to create a dish using whatever ingredients you wish and make it look like a lobster. The only rule is that you can't use an actual lobster in the dish. The plate that looks most like a lobster shall be declared the winner in a weeks time. Good luck to all who participate!

To enter either leave your entry in the comments section below or email it to us at [email protected].

Prizes
1st place: £20 gift card that will be available for use in our online store.
Runner-up: £10 gift card that will be available for use in our online store.