Sunday, August 4, 2013

Butter poached lobster

2 lobster tails
1 tablespoon water
1 stick salted butter, cut into 1 tablespoon chunks
Half a garlic, chopped into fine pieces
2 tomatoes, cut into large chunks
Herbs for seasoning (I used Italian seasoning, can use basil, rosemary, oregano etc)

Bring pot of water + salt to boil. (Gordon Ramsey says to add enough salt to make it like sea water, so the temperature is high enough)
Turn off heat and add lobster. Cover with lid and cook for 4 min, enough to get lobster off the shell.
Cut through the cartilage part of the tail and try to get the meat out in one piece. I still can't figure out the technique for this.

In a sauce pan, bring 1 tablespoon of water to simmer over medium-low heat.
Add in butter, 1 piece at a time, add a new piece when the previous piece has melted. Keep stirring.
Make sure the mixture does not boil, or the sauce will break.
Keeping the heat on medium-low, add the lobster pieces and cook for 5min, turning the lobster every minute. Remove lobster and place in a serving bowl

Turn up the heat a little on the remaining butter, add garlic. When fragrant, add tomatoes and cook for a couple of minutes until the tomatoes have released some of the juices. Add in herbs.
Pour tomatoes and butter sauce over lobster.

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