Whole Lobster Baked in Seaweed

Name: Whole Lobster Baked in Seaweed
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 kg (2 lbs) kelp or other seaweed; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 metre (39 in.) of wire; 1 kg (2 lbs) kelp or other seaweed; 1 x 2 kg (4 lbs) live lobster; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 200 g (6½ oz) butter; extra butter; 2 lemons, quartered

Preparation info

Serves
2-3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fine Family Cooking

By Tony Bilson

Published 1994

About

The lobster should be baked with Snail Butter for best results, but often while camping or fishing we don’t have the resources of a civilised kitchen. This lack is compensated for by the pleasure of the surroundings, and simplicity is often more in tune with the experience.

Ingredients

1 x 2 kg (4 lbs) live lobster
200 g (6½

Oceania
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Drown the lobster in a slurry of fresh water and ice (takes about 5 minutes). Cut a slit with a knife where the tail of the lobster meets the head, under the upper side of the carapace. Slice the cold butter and season with salt and pepper. Push the butter under the carapace into the head.

Wrap the lobster in the kelp and tie securely with the wire.

Make a trench in the coals of