Kirsty Scobie, Fenella Renwick

How To Dissect a Lobster

Appears in
The Seafood Shack: Food & Tales from Ullapool
The Seafood Shack

By Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick

Published 2020

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This is the fun but messy bit. Make sure you have some kitchen roll ready to wipe up; you’ll need it!
You’ll need: chopping board, sharp knife, preferably not your best one, tea towel, rolling pin, pick

First place your chopping board on a flat surface. Place the lobster flat on the board and cut the bands off the claws. Break off the legs and put aside. Put your knife tip vertically on the cross of the head. Stretch out the tail of the lobster so it is flat, now press down with your knife, breaking the shell, and cut right through to the bottom of the lobster. Turn the lobster around 180° and repeat in the opposite direction through to the tip of the head, cutting the lobster in half. Pop to one side.