Staying home on Valentine's Day is easy with these scallops

Posted February 10, 2016 4:54 am

By Alison Ladman Associated Press

The beauty of this baked scallops recipe, which bathes scallops in a cream sauce and tops them with crispy panko breadcrumbs, is easily prepped up to 24 hours ahead, then refrigerated until you are ready to serve. Associated Press

This Valentine's Day, take a pass on the expected.

Instead, stay home and show your love how much you care by assembling this simple - but impressive - baked scallop dinner. The beauty is that this recipe - which bathes scallops in a cream sauce and tops them with crispy panko breadcrumbs - is easily prepped up to 24 hours ahead, then refrigerated until you are ready to serve.

When you are ready for romance, just heat the oven to 400 F and pop the individual servings in for about 10 minutes. The result is impressive enough that you won't miss the restaurant experience even a little. Just add some crusty bread and a salad and you'll have a complete meal.

• Alison Ladman is a chef, food writer and recipe developer for The Associated Press. She also owns The Crust and Crumb Baking Company in Concord, New Hampshire.

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