Scallops rillettes with caramel, 100 g

How to enjoy the caramel scallop rillette

The caramel scallop rillette is ideally enjoyed spread on toasted bread, as an appetizer on blinis, or incorporated into verrines for refined appetizers.

Some recipe ideas to use the caramel scallop rillette in your recipes

• Gourmet Toasts: generously spread the caramel scallop rillette on slices of toasted bread. Add grated citrus, such as orange or lemon, for a touch of freshness.
• Appetizer Pastries: fill small pastry puffs with the caramel scallop rillette. Sprinkle with finely chopped chives and serve these gourmet bites at your gatherings.
• Seafood Ravioli: use the rillette as a filling for homemade ravioli. Serve them in a lemon butter sauce to complement the marine flavors.
• Complete Salad: incorporate the caramel scallop rillette into a composed salad with arugula leaves, citrus fruits, avocados, and pomegranate seeds. Drizzle with a light lemon vinaigrette.
• Sophisticated Vol-au-Vent: fill vol-au-vent shells with the caramel scallop rillette. Serve them with a creamy sauce made from white wine and fine herbs.
• Stuffed Potatoes: hollow out cooked potatoes, mix the flesh with the rillette, then gratin in the oven with cheese. Serve with a crisp green salad.

A daring blend of flavors

The subtle sweetness of scallops harmoniously blends with the velvety richness of salted butter caramel. The delicate sea notes meld with the smoothness of caramel to offer a melting texture and an explosion of flavors in the mouth. It's a surprising yet elegant alliance that will awaken your taste buds.

The origin of rillettes

Originating from Tours, rillettes date back to the 15th century. Made from pork, poultry, or fish, the meat is cooked slowly over low heat in fat. It's when the meat fibers easily separate that rillettes are formed.

How caramel became a source of inspiration

Did you know that caramel is behind the first Carambars? Born in 1954 in the suburbs of Lille, Carambar, this elongated candy marrying caramel and cocoa, is said to have been created fortuitously. According to legend, a malfunctioning machine produced caramel candies longer than usual. Thus, the distinctive shape and main ingredient of Carambar earned it its name. A caramel in the form of a bar: the Caram'bar.