Description[]
Source: THE BIG BOOK OF BACKYARD COOKING - BETTY ROSBOTTOM
If you want to break with tradition and serve boiled lobsters with something more unusual than plain melted butter, quickly made Sesame Orange Mayonnaise served cold or Warm Citrus Butter are good choices. Both of these vibrantly flavored sauces can be prepared in advance to serve with lobsters.
Ingredients[]
- Salt
- 6 1½-pound live lobsters
- 1 small bunch watercress (optional)
- 1 double recipe of Sesame Orange Mayonnaise or 1 double recipe of Warm Citrus Butter
Directions[]
- To cook lobsters, bring at least 9 quarts water to a boil in a large lobster pot or an extra-large stock pot set over high heat. (If you do not have a large pot, use 2 pots and fill each with 5 to 6 quarts of water and cook 3 lobsters in each one.)
- Add ½ tablespoon salt per quart of water to the pot(s).
- When the water returns to a boil, add the lobsters, and reduce heat to medium.
- Cover and simmer for about 12 minutes.
- Test for doneness by removing a lobster from the pot and twisting one of the thin legs on the body.
- If the leg pulls off easily and quickly, the lobsters should be done.
- Remove lobsters to a platter and garnish with several clusters of watercress, if desired.
- Fill 6 small bowls with Sesame Orange Mayonnaise or with Warm Citrus Butter.
- Serve each lobster with a bowl for dipping.
YIELD: SERVES 6