Seafood Salad with Fennel and Green Beans

Name: Seafood Salad with Fennel and Green Beans
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 79 milliliters torn fresh basil leaves; 0 teaspoons black pepper; 473 milliliters 3/4 lb cherry tomatoes; 6 servings Garnish: coarse sea salt; 2 smalls fennel bulbs (sometimes called anise; about 1 1/2 lb total), stalks discarded; 227 grams green beans, stem ends trimmed; 567 grams live lobster; 2 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil; 118 milliliters coarsely chopped red onion; 2 Tbsps red-wine vinegar; 1 teaspoons salt; 454 grams sea scallops, tough muscle from side of each discarded if attached; 454 grams shrimp in shell (21 to 25 per lb)

Need a gluten free, dairy free, and primal main course? Seafood Salad with Fennel and Green Beans could be a spectacular recipe to try. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 184 calories, 22g of protein, and 6g of fat. A mixture of onion, shrimp in shell, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the red wine vinegar you could follow this main course with the Cherry-Berry Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 hours.

Instructions

Bring an 8-quart pot three-quarters full of salted water to a boil.

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While water is heating, force beans, stem ends first, through frencher (see cooks' note, below). Cook beans in boiling water, uncovered, until crisp-tender, 3 to 4 minutes, then immediately transfer with a slotted spoon (reserving cooking water) to a bowl of ice and cold water to stop cooking.

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Drain beans in a colander, then pat dry with paper towels. Set aside.

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Return water to a boil, then plunge lobster headfirst into water and cook over high heat, covered, 8 minutes from time it enters water.

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Transfer lobster with tongs to a shallow baking pan. Reserve water in pot.

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While lobster is boiling, coarsely chop tomatoes with onion in a food processor.

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Transfer to a large bowl and add vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon salt.

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Let stand 15 minutes.

Cut fennel into paper-thin slices with slicer and stir into tomato mixture along with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil.

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Return water in pot to a boil.

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Add shrimp and simmer until just cooked through, about 3 minutes, then transfer to pan with lobster, reserving cooking water.

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Add scallops to pot and simmer until just cooked through, about 3 minutes, then transfer to pan with lobster and shrimp. Discard cooking water.

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When cool enough to handle, remove meat from lobster tail and claws using kitchen shears, catching juices in pan. Working over pan, remove shells from shrimp. Discard lobster and shrimp shells.

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Cut shrimp in half lengthwise and devein.

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Cut lobster meat and scallops into 1/2-inch pieces.

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Transfer seafood to a bowl and pour juices from pan through a fine-mesh sieve over seafood. Toss seafood with pepper and remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt, then add to fennel mixture along with basil and green beans, tossing well.

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Green Beans