Lobster Tails Thermidor

Name: Lobster Tails Thermidor
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps bread crumbs; 4 Tbsps butter, divided; 1 teaspoons paprika or crab boil seasoning, recommended: Old Bay; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 4 servings Lemon wedges, for garnish; 118 milliliters milk, eyeball it; 2 Tbsps Parmesan; 1 Handful parsley leaves mixed with 2 cups baby greens, for plate garnish; 680 grams packaged lobster tails, shell jumbo shrimp or prawns can be substituted; 79 milliliters grated white cheddar; 1 small white onion, finely chopped; 4 servings Splash dry white wine or dry sherry

Lobster Tails Thermidor is a pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 43g of protein, 22g of fat, and a total of 549 calories. If you have prawns can be substituted, handful parsley leaves, parmesan, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon wedges you could follow this main course with the Rolled Baklava as a dessert. It works well as a main course. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Bring a pot of water to a boil, 3 or 4 inches deep.

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Add lobster tails to the water and boil 7 to 8 minutes.

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Lobster Tails

Water

Drain and shock under cold water to cool. Use kitchen scissors to cut away soft underside of tails.

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Water

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Remove meat and save the shells, arranging them in a shallow casserole dish. Chop the cooked meat on an angle into chunks.

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Pasta Shells

Meat

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Casserole Dish

Preheat your broiler to high.

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Heat a medium skillet and a small saucepot over medium heat. To the small saucepot, melt 2 tablespoons butter.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add finely chopped onion and cook 3 to 5 minutes until very soft. To the skillet, add remaining 2 tablespoons butter. When the butter melts, add chopped lobster meat and saute.

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Lobster Meat

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Onion

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Add flour to sauce pot with onions and cook together another 1 to 2 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

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Whisk in wine or sherry, then milk.

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Whisk

Remove sauce from heat and stir in cheddar cheese and paprika or crab boil. Season sauce with salt and pepper.

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Pour sauce over lobster meat and stir to combine.

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Pour lobster into and over the shells in a casserole dish and top with Parmesan and bread crumbs. Broil on high until golden, 2 or 3 minutes.

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Serve each tail, spilling over with lobster bits in sauce, on a bed of mixed baby greens and parsley with wedges of lemon along side.

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To make this dish with jumbo shrimp, cut up peeled, deveined raw shrimp.

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Saute the shrimp in butter, as with cooked lobster. Cook until pink and firm and proceed with method.

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Place the shrimp and sauce into a small casserole, then spoon completed shrimp Thermidor over bed of greens and parsley leaves.

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Servings:

2Tbsps

bread crumbs 4Tbsps

butter, divided 1teaspoons

paprika or crab boil seasoning, recommended: Old Bay 2Tbsps

all-purpose flour 4servings

Lemon wedges, for garnish 118milliliters

milk, eyeball it 2Tbsps

Parmesan 1Handful

parsley leaves mixed with 2 cups baby greens, for plate garnish 680grams

packaged lobster tails, shell jumbo shrimp or prawns can be substituted 79milliliters

grated white cheddar 1small

white onion, finely chopped 4servings

Splash dry white wine or dry sherry

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Muscadet, Riesling

Chardonnay, Muscadet, and Riesling are great choices for Shellfish. Buttery chardonnay is great for scallops, shrimp, crab, and lobster, while muscadet is a classic pick for mussels, oysters, and clams. If you've got some spice in your shellfish, a semi-dry riesling can balance out the heat. The Santan Ema Reserve Chardonnay with a 4.3 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 14 dollars per bottle.