Lobster of the Links Napa Cabbage Wraps

Name: Lobster of the Links Napa Cabbage Wraps
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 avocado, slipped from skin, seed removed and cut into 1/2 inch chunks (tablespoon lemon juice over this to prevent oxidation); 1 bay leaf; 454 grams butter; 59 milliliters cognac; 6 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 Tbsp minced fresh dill; 454 grams lobster tails; 454 grams lump crabmeat; 237 milliliters milk; 8 napa cabbage leaves; 0 teaspoons nutmeg, optional; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan (1/4 cup for sauce plus 1/8 to 1/4 cup to bind filling and sprinkle over cabbage wraps); 8 servings Salt, if needed; 8 scallions, white and tender green parts only, chopped; 2 shallots, chopped; 113 grams cup (about shiitake mushrooms, cleaned; 8 servings White pepper

Lobster of the Links Napa Cabbage Wraps might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 601 calories, 19g of protein, and 53g of fat each. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and pescatarian diet. A mixture of cornstarch, jumbo lump crabmeat, nutmeg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the nutmeg you could follow this main course with the Nutmeg Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes.

Instructions

To begin the lobster filling: Melt the butter in a saute pan which is just large enough to accommodate the lobster tails. The butter should be very hot, but not sizzling (between 165 and 180 degrees F).

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Lobster Tails

Lobster

Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the tails to the pan, meat side down - shell side up, and poach until the lobster is opaque.

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Lobster

Meat

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Frying Pan

Remove to a utility platter and let cool. (

Pour the melted butter into a bowl for use in other elements in this recipe.) Return 2 tablespoons of the reserved melted butter to the same saute pan and saute shallots and shiitake mushrooms until tender.

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Shiitake Mushrooms

Shallot

Butter

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Add crabmeat and scallions and heat for a few minutes, trying to avoid breaking up lumps. Set aside. Return to the lobster tails, loosen them from the shell. Reserve the shells for use in the sauce. Slice the tail meat lengthwise down the middle and into 4 slices crosswise.

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Lobster Tails

Green Onions

Crabmeat

Pasta Shells

Sauce

Meat

For the wrappers: Steam the cabbage leaves until tender but not mushy. Remember, the leaves will still have to be firm enough support the lobster filling.

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Cabbage

Lobster

Combine the milk, onion, bay leaf, cloves, nutmeg, and lobster shells in a heavy-gauge, non-corrosive saucepan over medium heat. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the reserved melted butter (from poaching the lobster) into a separate heat resistant bowl and create a slurry with the cornstarch, then whisk in 1/4 cup Parmesan. When the milk is fairly hot, pour a small amount of it into the slurry, stirring until the milk is thoroughly blended in. Return this to the remaining milk, add cognac, and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.

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Corn Starch

Bay Leaves

Parmesan

Lobster

Butter

Clove

Cognac

Nutmeg

Pasta Shells

Onion

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Remove saucepan from heat, season sauce, to taste, with white pepper, and salt if needed.

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White Pepper

Sauce

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Remove and discard bay leaf, cloves and lobster shells. Immediately put a sheet of plastic wrap on top of the sauce to prevent a skin from forming.

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Bay Leaves

Lobster

Clove

Pasta Shells

Sauce

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Gently fold the lobster and crabmeat together with just enough of the sauce to bind it. (Reserve the rest of the sauce for service.) If the filling seems loose, add more Parmesan to bind it. (You don't want the filling to be too runny.)

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Crabmeat

Parmesan

Lobster

Sauce

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Oven

Lay the cabbage leaves out and remove stiff ribs/spines of leaves being sure to leave enough of the leaf in a shape that can be filled and rolled shut. Into each leaf, spoon 3 or 4 tablespoons of the lobster/crabmeat mixture, add a few chunks of avocado, fold in sides of leaf, and roll up.

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Crabmeat

Avocado

Cabbage

Lobster

Ribs

Roll

Place in an oven-proof dish layered on the bottom with a little of the sauce, sprinkle with a little Parmesan.

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Parmesan

Sauce

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Oven

Bake for 10 minutes to melt cheese.

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Melting Cheese

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Oven

Serve garnished with fresh dill and with remaining lobster sauce on the side.

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Fresh Dill

Lobster

Sauce

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Servings:

avocado, slipped from skin, seed removed and cut into 1/2 inch chunks (tablespoon lemon juice over this to prevent oxidation)1

minced fresh dill 454grams

lobster tails 454grams

lump crabmeat 237milliliters

milk 8

napa cabbage leaves 0teaspoons

nutmeg, optional 1small

onion, finely chopped 118milliliters

grated Parmesan (1/4 cup for sauce plus 1/8 to 1/4 cup to bind filling and sprinkle over cabbage wraps)8servings

Salt, if needed 8

scallions, white and tender green parts only, chopped 2

shallots, chopped 113grams

cup (about shiitake mushrooms, cleaned 8servings

White pepper

Recommended wine: Chablis, Chardonnay

Lobster works really well with Chablis and Chardonnay. Chablis is perfect with lobster, but a chardonny from other regions is bound to hit the spot too. The Brocard Sainte Claire Chablis Vieilles Vignes with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 33 dollars per bottle.