Planked Live Lobster

Name: Planked Live Lobster
Cuisine: United States
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Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes of all Nations

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

About

This is one of the favourite American ways of cooking either fish or meat, and the use of the plank gives the ingredients a particular flavour. The plank used should be of oak, about an inch thick and slightly larger than the meat or fish.

Ingredients

1 lobster
3 or 4 tomatoes, slices of cucumber, cooked potatoes cut in strips, oil, butter, parsley,

Americas
United States
Starter
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Split the lobster, brush it over with oil and bake in a quick oven for about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove the lobster from the oven, place it on the oiled plank and put it for a few minutes longer in the oven. Serve on the plank, with a garnish of sliced tomatoes, cucumber, potatoes and parsley, and pour over the lobster melted butter to which salt, pepper and the juice of half a l