Lobster Tail with butter sauce
From littlesponger 15 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 4
I serve this dish on New Year Eve.
Ingredients
- 4 lobster tail - each 6 oz. shopping list
- 1/2 cup water shopping list
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter shopping list
- a pinch of salt & pepper shopping list
- lemon wedges, for garnish shopping list
- * butter sauce* shopping list
- 1 stick salted butter, at room temperature shopping list
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives shopping list
- 1 tablespoon chopped tarragon leaves shopping list
- 1 clove garlic, minced shopping list
- Dash hot sauce shopping list
- Freshly ground black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- In a small bowl blend butter, chives, tarragon, minced garlic, hot sauce, and black pepper with a rubber spatula. Blend thoroughly. Cover with plastic wrap and reserve.
- In a skillet, add 1/2 cup of water to boil, reduce heat to low and slowly add 4 Tbsp butter whisking to emulsify. DO NOT BOIL.
- Rinse the lobster. Open the lobster tail in butterfly form and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Place the lobster tail in the skillet and cover. Maintaining a controlled temperature ( about 160~180 degree ).
- Steam cook for 8 minutes. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
- Serve with herbed butter sauce.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Thanks Marie for linking :)
Loved this, the fresh tarragon and lobster go perfectly together :) Thanks Littlesponger!
Made sometime in July 2015
mommyluvs2cook
in Santa Fe loved it
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