Lobster with Mayonnaise

Name: Lobster with Mayonnaise
Ingredients: 300ml/½ pint olive oil/sunflower oil/mixture of the two; light extra virgin olive oil; pepper; salt; Dijon mustard; 1 egg yolk; 1 level teaspoon of Dijon mustard; 1 lobster per serving; 2 egg yolks; salt and freshly ground black pepper; lemon juice/white wine vinegar, according to taste

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1998

About

When making the mayonnaise, it is essential that all the ingredients are at room temperature. The eggs should not be stored in the fridge as they will curdle when making the mayonnaise.

Ingredients

1 lobster per serving
1 egg yolk
Dijon mustard
salt

Main course
Dinner
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

Fill a pan with luke warm water and place it on a hotplate. Place the lobster in the pan and cover. Once the water has come to the boil, cook the lobster for ten minutes or until they no longer have any blue hue and have turned a deep red-orange colour.

Remove the lobster from the pan and leave to cool. Once cool you can prepare the lobster in the traditional manner: with a sharp knife