Yuletide Butter Poached PEI Lobster

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

  • 2 lobsters, cooked and removed from the shell
  • 1 Cup butter
  • 2 Tbsp Limoncello
  • 2oz Fresh sage leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and diced
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Stock
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 3 cloves Garlic
  • 1 shallot
  • 12 Cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 cup cranberry juice
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp agar-agar powder

Directions:

Limoncello & Sage Butter Poached Lobster

Ingredients:

2 lobsters, cooked and removed from the shell

1 Cup butter

2 Tbsp Limoncello

2oz Fresh sage leaves

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.

Add the Limoncello and sage leaves to the melted butter.

Poach the lobster tails gently until they are heated through (about 5 minutes) and season the Lobster before you serve.

 

Butternut Squash Puree

Ingredients:

½  butternut squash, peeled and diced

2 cups heavy cream

½ Cup Vegetable Stock

2 tbsp butter

2 cloves Garlic

1 shallot

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

In a pot, combine butternut squash, cream, Garlic, shallot stock and cook on a burner on medium heat until the squash is tender.

Blend the cooked squash with some of the cooking liquid and butter until smooth. You will probably use ½ of the liquid but feel free to use as much or as little as you prefer

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

 

Oven Roasted Tomatoes

Ingredients:

12 – Cherry tomatoes

1 tsp Olive oil

Salt and pepper to taste

1 Clove of Garlic Crushed

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 275°F (190°C).

Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and toss in olive oil, garlic , salt, and pepper.

Roast in the oven for about 45-60 minutes, or until they start to burst and start to dehydrate for desired texture and taste.

 

 

Cranberry Fluid Gel

Ingredients:

1 cup cranberry juice

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp agar-agar powder

Instructions:

Heat the cranberry juice and sugar in a saucepan until the sugar dissolves.

Sprinkle in the agar-agar powder and whisk until dissolved.

Pour the mixture into a shallow pan and let it set.

Once set, blend until smooth to create the gel.

 

Plating

Place a spoonful of butternut squash puree on the plate.

Top with the butter poached lobster.

Add the oven-roasted tomato around.

Drop the Cranberry fluid gel on the plate.

Garnish with Dill on the lobster and enjoy

Do You Know Lobster?

Once inside a trap lobsters can never get out.

False – Lobsters Often Escape

Lobsters will often get out of traps - that is part of the design. Traps are built to allow undersize lobster to exit easily. Plus an escape hatch is made of biodegradable twine in case the trap is lost at sea. Adult lobsters will also escape traps at times; it is just more difficult.