Scallops with Chorizo Full Of Flavour Version

My other great purchases from the market were scallops,
amazing traditional Spanish chorizo picante and marinated garlic. The last one is my favourite. Even though I adore chorizo and it's definiately my favourite sausage, the flavour of that garlic is just divine. So I was thinking how to combine those three and then quickly reminded myslef of a Nigella's recipie for scallops and chorizo and decided to update it with some other flavours. The result was a extremely flavourful dish which warms you up like a Spanish sun and it leaves distingue heat wave in your mouth. A real show-off! And it takes 10 min to prepare! Loved it! Here it is:

Scallops with Chorizo Full Of Flavour Version
(serves 2)

-300g scallops
-150g chorizo (depends how flavourful you want it to be, I used picate version which is preety spicy)
-1/3 red chilli pepper
-juice of 1/2 lemon
-5 cloves of marinated gralic, roughly chopped (optional)
-handful of rocket
-drizzle of olive oil

Slice chorizo, scallops (around 1/2cm thick), chilli pepper and garlic. On a medium heat fry chorizo until crispy (do not add any oil as chorizo will release it own fragrant, orange, smoky fat).
Remove chorizo from the pan leaving all the oil inside and return the pan to heat.
Make sure that the pan is almost smoky- if needed turn up the heat- that will help scallops to caramelize.
On the same pan fry scallops- around 30-45 sec per side (do not leave for much longer than that as they will become chewy).
After both sides has caramelized, turn the heat off, add joice of 1/2 lemon, garlic, chilli, rocket and chorizo, give it few stirs and sprinkle with olive oil.

Serve with crispy garlic bread.

Enjoy!

Monika