SHRIMP AND SCALLOP STIR FRY   
  Ingredients :
    4 teaspoons vegetable oil
    1.2 lb (500 g) medium size shrimp tails, shelled
    ¼ cup pisco or brandy
    1 onion, cut into julienne style
    1 garlic clove, finely minced
    Fresh yellow aji paste, to taste
    1 - 2 tomatoes, seeded and cut into thick strips
    1 fresh yellow aji, seeded and deveined, cut into thin strips
    1.2 lb (500 g) scallops, rinsed and red muscle removed
    1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely chopped
    1 tablespoon oyster sauce
    Juice of 1 lemon
    Salt
    Pepper

  Preparation:

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large deep skillet or wok. Add shrimp and sear on both sides just until color changes. Add pisco or brandy and allow the alcohol to evaporate 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Remove shrimp from the skillet and reserve.

Heat remaining oil in the wok and stir in onion, chopped garlic, aji paste, chopped ginger and cook for 1 minute, add tomato and oyster sauce and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add reserved shrimp, scallops and lemon juice. Cook 1 minute, correct seasonings and serve.
 
        4 servings
       
 
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