Lobster Thermidor

Name: Lobster Thermidor
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 shallots, peeled and finely chopped; 400 ml Fish Stock; 200 ml white wine; 8 x 450-500 g lobsters or 4 large 1 kg lobsters; 300 ml double cream; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 medium egg yolks; 20 g English mustard; 80 g Cheddar cheese, grated; 20 ml white wine vinegar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Ivy

By AA Gill and Mark Hix

Published 1997

About

The true success of this recipe depends on buying live lobsters. Try to buy native if possible rather than the farmed Canadian and American ones. The tail will yield more meat and be much sweeter.

Ingredients

20 ml white wine vinegar
8 x 450-500 g lobsters or 4 large

Americas
Canada
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add a couple of tablespoons of salt and the white wine vinegar. You will probably need to cook the lobsters in two or three batches, according to the size of your largest saucepan. Plunge them into the boiling water - allow 5 minutes for the smaller ones and 10 for the larger. Remove them from the water and leave them to cool.

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