More Uses for Pancetta
So I'm trying to come up with more things to do with my pancetta before it goes bad. I don't really eat bacon asside from the occasional piece of pre-cooked stuff on a pizza or breakfast sammich. So there's not much substituting that comes to mind.
But I have had some scallops in the freezer for a little while. They're not very good for wrapping because of the size and shape. So I just added it to the mix.

I tore up pieces & left out some of the fat. I think if I did this again I might leave them in bigger pieces. Maybe. I might have made them this size because that's how it tore. I'd have to do it again to be sure.

So I browned them up just like the last time & then put them to the side.

I got a place to start with the sauce from here. and made some adjustments.

I poured a 1/4 cup of chichen broth (& then a little more) into a pan. Then I added some white wine. What I guessed would be around three tablespoons-ish. A squirt or two of lemon juice, a couple cloves of chopped garlic & some onion powder.
I let that cook on medium & added 2 tablespoons of butter. After the butter melted, I kept it on med-low for a bit & then turned it down to low when I was just finnishing up with the scallops.

I cooked the scallops the same as instructed in the link for the sauce. A little olive oil, some salt & pepper on a baking sheet that I lined with foil. I just eyeballed them & flipped um a couple times.

Half way through I added the pancetta to the sheet. I mixed it up some with the scallop juices & olive oil that was all around & let it heat up again in the oven with the scallops.

I thought of a few ways to do it, like adding the pancetta to the sauce or finnishing up cooking the scallops in the pan with the pacetta, but this way worked best with the way I had everything set up.

Here it is on plates, with the sauce poured over it.


Donnie liked it a lot.
I find it sad, but I think I'm loosing my taste for scallops. I used to love them but the last few times I've had them there's something about it that's not quite fufilling. Not bad by any means. Just not as good as they used to be to me. Maybe I just need to give it a long break before I try them again.