Not exact matches
My parents used to
cook lobster at home all the time and I think I was very freaked out by the
claws.
1 quart
lobster stock tail meat and
claws of 1 or 2
lobsters, partially
cooked (see
lobster stock recipe) 2 pounds live mussels (~ 50) 3 tbsp butter, ghee, or olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 small onion, diced 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 4 roma tomatoes, chopped 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only, chopped 4 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped 1 pinch (~ 10 strands) saffron 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 6.5 oz can chopped clams salt and pepper to taste 2 tbsp chopped chives to garnish lemon slices for serving
Transfer
lobsters to a rimmed baking sheet and let cool (we
cooked our live
lobster first, and then did the tails in a second batch) 2) Crack
lobster shells, pick meat from tail and
claws, and cut into 1 / 2 - inch pieces.
Although some people are horrified by the idea of
cooking lobsters alive, or the practice of tearing
claws from live crabs before tossing them back into the sea, such views are based on a hunch.
The only tricky thing about grilling
lobsters is that the tail meat
cooks much quicker than the
claws.
How about a long party skewer, loaded with deep fried mini, breaded quenelles, breaded baby bay scallops, breaded coins of crab cake patties and small pieces of ready
cooked cognac flambéed
lobster claw meat in between?