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Lobster thermidor SQ

Lobster Thermidor

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: French
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 2 people

Lobster Thermidor is a creamy and indulgent dish for which you mix the glorious cooked flesh of the lobster with a scrumptious sauce before putting everything back in the lobster shell and serving.

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Ingredients

  • 2 cooked lobster about 750g
  • 100 g butter
  • 4 small shallots finely chopped
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 4 tbsp French brandy
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 2 tbsp French Dijon mustard
  • 200 ml dry white wine
  • 300 ml seafood stock
  • 12 to 16 tbsp crème fraiche
  • 2 tbsp chopped tarragon
  • 2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Split the cooked lobsters open (lengthwise). Remove the stomach sac and the digestive tract. Lift the meat from the tail end, cut into ½ centimetre dices and reserve in a bowl. Reserve the tail end shell for cooking.
  2. Separate the claws from the body by twisting them whilst pulling. Crack the claws open and remove the meat from the claws. I found the tip of a teaspoon quite useful when removing the meat from the claws. Cut the claws meat into ½ centimetre dices and add to the bowl.
  3. Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
  4. Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the shallots and cayenne pepper and stir over a low heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Heat and ignite the French brandy and add to the shallots when the flames have died down. Stir in the flour and mustard. Cook over a low heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Blend in the wine and stock, bring to the boil, stirring continuously. You want to reduce the mixture by half. Whisk in the crème fraiche and herbs and season to taste with salt and pepper. Simmer until the mixture has the consistency of a sauce.
  5. Pour some sauce in the bowl with the reserved diced lobster meat. Be careful not to pour too much sauce. You only want to coat the meat. You will have sauce leftover for serving.
  6. Arrange the lobster meat back in the tail end shells and sprinkle with the Parmesan. Bake in the oven for 7-10 minutes or until hot and bubbling ad the cheese has brown. Serve very hot. Enjoy!