Corn Crepes And Lobster Stack Recipes

CORN AND LOBSTER TART

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface and fit into a 9-inch straight-sided tart pan or a pie pan. Prick bottom, line with foil and add pastry weights. Bake 10 minutes, until pastry starts to look dry. Remove foil and weights and bake 5 or so minutes more, until pastry is lightly colored. Remove from oven but leave oven on.
• Melt butter in a saucepan. Add onion and cook on low until soft but not brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in corn, tarragon and cayenne. Stir in milk. Bring to a simmer. Remove from heat. In a bowl, beat eggs and cream together and slowly stir into the pan. Add lobster. Stir in lemon zest and season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle mixture into prepared tart shell. Bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake about 20 minutes more, until top is firm to the touch and very lightly browned, and a knife inserted in the filling comes out clean. Remove from oven and let rest 10 minutes before serving.

CORN CAKE BREAKFAST STACKS WITH MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• For the corncakes, whisk together eggs, buttermilk and melted butter in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in corn kernels. Sift together cornmeal, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Add the dry ingredients to the buttermilk-corn mixture and stir until just combined. Let stand for 20 minutes in a cool place.
• For the maple butter: blend the softened butter with 1/2 cup maple syrup in a small bowl and set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. In a 10-inch nonstick skillet, brown the bacon strips. Drain them on paper towels and transfer to a cookie sheet. Sprinkle the apple slices with cinnamon and salt to taste. Sear them in bacon renderings until golden brown and place them on the sheet pan with the bacon. Wipe out your skillet and return to medium heat. Add just enough butter to coat the bottom of the skillet and ladle 1/4 cup corn batter. Let cook until the edges of the pancake start to brown and bubbles appear on the surface, about 2 minutes. Flip, cook another 2 minutes, then transfer to the cookie sheet with the apples and the bacon. Repeat until you have a dozen corncakes.
• Place the cookie sheet and your serving plates in the oven until everything is warm, about 4 minutes. On each plate, place 1 corn cake, top that with 2 strips of bacon, another corn cake, 2 slices of apple and another corn cake. Top with maple butter and drizzle the plate with some of the warmed maple syrup. Garnish with a sprig of mint, powdered sugar and a few fresh berries if you desire.

LOBSTER-CORN CREPES WITH DILL BUTTER

Steps:

• Blanch one of the lobsters for 20 seconds, then immerse it in ice water. Remove the tail and claw meat. Puree the raw meat in a food processor with the scallops, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl with a spatula. Strain the mixture through a sieve. Add the salt and pepper and the heavy cream, using the on-off method until it is blended. Add the corn, flour and eggs.
• Meanwhile, boil the seven remaining lobsters for no more than 10 minutes each. Remove the tail and claw meat. Set aside. (Save the shells for making the crab soup.)
• In an 8-inch frying pan, heat two tablespoons of peanut oil. When the oil is sizzling, pour in three tablespoons of batter. Spread quickly to make a 6-inch crepe. Cook three minutes on each side. Using a mold, cut off the ends to make a perfect circle.
• Put two crepes on a plate decorated with pieces of the lobster. Place plates in the oven for a few minutes. Serve with a few tablespoons of dill butter.

DESSERT CORN CREPES

Steps:

• Place corn in a blender; cover and process until smooth. In a large bowl, whisk cornstarch, flour and milk until smooth. Stir in eggs, pureed corn, butter and salt until blended. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Heat a lightly greased 8-in. nonstick skillet; pour 3 tablespoons batter into the center of skillet. Lift and tilt pan to evenly coat bottom. Cook until top appears dry; turn and cook 15-20 seconds longer. Remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter, greasing skillet as needed. When cool, stack crepes with waxed paper or paper towels in between., Spread 1 tablespoon apricot jam over each crepe. Fold in half, then fold in half again, making triangles. Dust with confectioners' sugar. In a small bowl, combine the lemon cream ingredients. Serve with crepes.

SPINACH CORN CREPES

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir spinach and corn until heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in 1 tablespoon butter until melted, about 1 minute.
• Mix Gruyere cheese into spinach mixture; add lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir over low heat until cheese melts, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Spoon spinach mixture into each crepe and top with hummus. Fold crepe around filling. Spoon hummus on top of each crepe and garnish with parsley.