Scallops and Oven Roasted Tomato Salad with Sunchoke Chips.
Yesterday I woke up and wanted Scallops. Not sure why, but it was one of the first things that popped into my head as I was waking up. So I got out of bed, pulled myself together and headed to The Lobster Place in Chelsea Market . I got 6 large scallops, and it made 2 salads. On the way there I decided that I was going to make a salad, because I also wanted to slow roast some tomatoes. I decided on a couple small heads of Frisee for the texture, and my mind went to bacon for some crunch. I thought it could be a play on the classic app of bacon wrapped scallops, but the problem was I didn't actually want bacon. So as I was shopping for the produce at the Manhattan Fruit Exchange , I saw sunchokes and thought that I could make chips with them for that crunch I was looking for from the bacon. I got home and started to work on the tomatoes. I never put much thought into the process, and it wasn't until I was home that it dawned on me this was going to take a long time to ...