Savour the taste of seaside Sligo

This week, Lee Mastin, head chef at the Draft House gastropub (thedrafthouse.ie) on the Wild Atlantic Way in Strandhill, Co Sligo, has three courses for you to try this bank holiday weekend

Seared scallops and crab meat with passion fruit and shaved fennel
Lee Mastin, head chef at the Draft House gastropub

Seared scallops and crab meat with passion fruit and shaved fennel

Ingredients, serves four

12 scallops

Splash of rapeseed oil

1 tbsp butter

Half a lemon

Salt and pepper

For the crab

120g picked crab meat

1 fennel bulb, finely sliced

1 tbsp dill, finely chopped

2 tbsp mayonnaise

2 passion fruits

For the passion fruit gel

240ml passion fruit purée

3g agar-agar

30g sugar

Method