Grilled Lobster with roasted garlic butter

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Hog Island Book of Fish & Seafood: Culinary Treasures from Our Waters

By John Ash

Published 2023

  • About

My favorite way to cook lobster is on the grill. The shells char as the meat cooks, giving the lobster a delicious flavor. Use the roasted garlic butter as suggested here, or try one of the many other compound butters. I also particularly like the Maître d’Hotel Butter.

Ingredients

  • Two -pound (800-g) live Maine lobsters
  • Olive oil, for brushing

Method

Dispatch the lobsters. Split the lobsters in half lengthwise. Remove and discard the long thin black intestinal vein that runs the length of the lobster and also the lumpy head sac located near the eyes.

Prepare a medium fire in a charcoal grill or preheat a gas grill to medium. Brush the grill grates clean. Brush the lobster shells and tail meat