Poached lobster in sweet coriander-orange broth

Name: Poached lobster in sweet coriander-orange broth
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: Salt and cayenne pepper; Salt and cayenne pepper; 2 cups chicken, fish, or vegetable stock or lobster-cooking water; 2 cups chicken, fish, or vegetable stock or lobster-cooking water; Four 1½-pound lobsters; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste; 2 cups slightly sweet white wine, such as a German Auslese or a French Coteaux du Layon; 2 cups slightly sweet white wine, such as a German Auslese or a French Coteaux du Layon; 1 tablespoon coriander seeds; Zest of 1 orange, removed in strips; 2 cups chicken, fish, or vegetable stock or lobster-cooking water; 2 cups chicken, fish, or vegetable stock or lobster-cooking water; 2 cups slightly sweet white wine, such as a German Auslese or a French Coteaux du Layon; 2 cups chicken, fish, or vegetable stock or lobster-cooking water; 2 large shallots, peeled and chopped; 1 carrot, peeled and chopped; 2 teaspoons fenugreek seeds; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 stalk celery, peeled and chopped; 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Simple to Spectacular

By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

About

If you like, garnish this complex-flavored dish with a variety of parboiled vegetables, like carrots, turnips, and fennel. And serve it with plenty of white rice; you will want an excuse to eat all of the sauce.

If you want to use lobster-cooking liquid in place of the stock, start by steaming the lobsters, following the timing given below but using only 2 to 3 inches of boiling water in the pot. After removing the lobsters, reduce that cooking liquid over high heat until you

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Gluten-free

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