Lobster Thermidor

Name: Lobster Thermidor
Prep time: 6 h 45 min
Cook time: 6 h 45 min
Total time: 6 h 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 946 milliliters blanched baby spinach, all liquid squeezed out; 2 bay leaves; 1 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper; 473 milliliters brandy; 118 milliliters melted butter; 1 sticks butter, plus 1 stick, cut into tablespoons for sauce; 1 stick butter; 1 carrot, cut into medium dice; 1 celery stalk, cut into medium dice; 946 milliliters chicken stock; 1 egg; 3 egg yolks; 680 grams filet mignons; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 bunches fresh basil; 0 bunches fresh parsley; 2 sprigs fresh tarragon; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 4 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves; 4 teaspoons chopped garlic; 8 garlic cloves, lightly smashed; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 1 Tbsp each kosher salt and freshly ground pepper; 4 servings Kosher salt; 3 lobster bodies, cleaned of gills; 3 kilograms poached Maine lobsters, tail and claw meat removed (reserve bodies for Thermidor Sauce); 177 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons grated nutmeg; 118 milliliters olive oil, divided

Lobster Thermidor might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 4592 calories, 108g of protein, and 359g of fat each. This recipe covers 80% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have tomato paste, wine, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the milk you could follow this main course with the Milky Way Brownie Bites as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 6 hours and 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place a medium saucepan on a burner and add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and slowly whisk in all of the butter. Hold warm until ready to heat lobsters.

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Lobster

Butter

Water

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Marinate filets in 1/4 cup olive oil, cracked black pepper, and thyme for 1 hour at room temperature.

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Cracked Black Peppercorns

Olive Oil

Thyme

Preheat a grill. Season filets with kosher salt and grill to desired temperature.

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Kosher Salt

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Grill

Remove from grill and allow to rest for 4 minutes before serving.

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Grill

While meat is coking, reheat the melted butter if needed. While meat is resting, place the lobster tails and claws in the butter and heat until warmed all the way through, about 3 minutes.

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Lobster Tails

Butter

Meat

Meanwhile, heat remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add chopped garlic and blanched baby spinach and saute until heated through.

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Baby Spinach

Garlic

For each dish, place a potato cake in the center of a plate, top with sauteed spinach, and a lobster tail. Thinly slice the filet into 6 slices and fan the filet out in front of the potato and spinach. Top with the lobster claw and pour sauce around the plate.

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Lobster Tails

Lobster

Spinach

Potato

Sauce

Serve spaetzle as a side dish.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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In a baking dish, toss the whole potatoes with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast until mostly cooked through.

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Olive Oil

Potato

Pepper

Salt

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Baking Pan

Remove from oven and cool. Peel potatoes and grate. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Potato

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Oven

Melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Saute the onion until tender.

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Onion

Add the cooked onion to the grated potato mixture. Form into 4 patties, place on a cookie sheet, cover with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator.

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Potato

Onion

Wrap

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Baking Sheet

Plastic Wrap

Heat about 1/4 cup of olive oil in a large saute pan over medium-high heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add potato cakes and saute until golden brown on both sides and heated through, about 2 minutes on each side.

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Potato

Drain on paper towels.

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Paper Towels

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.

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Oven

Place lobster heads on a sheet tray and roast until slightly browned, approximately 15 to 20 minutes. In the meantime, sweat onion, carrot, celery, shallots, and garlic in 1/2 stick of butter in a large saucepan.

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Shallot

Lobster

Butter

Carrot

Celery

Garlic

Onion

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Sauce Pan

Add brandy and reduce until almost dry.

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Brandy

Add white wine and reduce.

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White Wine

Add tarragon, bay leaves, parsley, thyme, basil, chicken stock, tomato paste, and roasted lobster heads. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 hours, skimming periodically. Strain through a chinois, return to the pan, and reduce by half until the sauce starts to thicken, approximately 30 minutes. In the meantime, reduce heavy cream by half in a small saucepan.

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Chicken Stock

Tomato Paste

Heavy Cream

Bay Leaves

Tarragon

Lobster

Parsley

Basil

Sauce

Thyme

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Whisk in the heavy cream and finish sauce by slowly adding the remaining 1/2 stick of butter, 1 tablespoon at time. Keep warm until ready to serve.

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Heavy Cream

Butter

Sauce

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Whisk

Beat egg, yolks, and milk in bowl and set aside. Measure all dry ingredients and place in bowl.

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Egg Yolk

Milk

Egg

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Bowl

Add egg mixture to flour mixture and blend with hand, then add the melted butter.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Let batter rest for 30 minutes.

Bring a large pot of boiling, salted water to a boil.

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Water

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Pot

Place a perforated hotel pan over the boiling water.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Pour the batter into the perforated pan and press it through into the water. Cook until spaetzle rises to the top.

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Water

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Frying Pan

Drain and shock in ice water.

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Water

Drain again and toss with the oil.

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Cooking Oil

Serve as a side with the lobster.

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Lobster

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Servings:

946milliliters

blanched baby spinach, all liquid squeezed out 2

bay leaves 1Tbsp

freshly ground black pepper 473milliliters

brandy 118milliliters

melted butter 1sticks

butter, plus 1 stick, cut into tablespoons for sauce 1stick

butter 1

carrot, cut into medium dice 1

celery stalk, cut into medium dice 946milliliters

chicken stock 1

egg 3

egg yolks 680grams

filet mignons 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 0bunches

fresh basil 0bunches

fresh parsley 2sprigs

fresh tarragon 2sprigs

fresh thyme 4teaspoons

chopped fresh thyme leaves 4teaspoons

chopped garlic 8

garlic cloves, lightly smashed 237milliliters

heavy cream 1Tbsp

kosher salt 1Tbsp

each kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 4servings

Kosher salt 3

lobster bodies, cleaned of gills 3kilograms

poached Maine lobsters, tail and claw meat removed (reserve bodies for Thermidor Sauce)177milliliters

milk 0teaspoons

grated nutmeg 118milliliters

olive oil, divided 1Tbsp

olive oil 1teaspoon

olive oil 4servings

Olive oil, for sauteing 1

onion, cut into medium dice 4teaspoons

cracked black pepper 118milliliters

diced shallots 118milliliters

tomato paste 907grams

unsalted butter 1

white onion, chopped into 1/4-inch dice 1liters

white wine 4

Yukon gold potatoes

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 Regnard Grand Chablis with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 49 dollars per bottle.