Honduran Fire And Ice Lobster Recipes

HONDURAN FIRE AND ICE LOBSTER

Steps:

• Place damp kitchen towel on a stable work surface. Using the back of a heavy knife, whack a coconut along its circumference while rolling and rotating it along the toweled surface until it starts to slit open. To catch the water, give the coconut its last whack in a heavy bowl. once open , pat dry insides of coconuts, then cover and refrigerate.
• Place jalapeno, ginger, lobster stock, sugar, lime juice and coconut milk in a blender and puree until smooth.In a nonreactive bowl, toss lobster with the pureed mixture. Sprinkle with red onion, 1/4 cup shaved coconut, green onions, chives and cilantro. Place mixture in coconut halves, dividing equally, and garnish with plantain slices, bell pepper, watercress leaves, and 2 cups shaved coconut.

FIRE AND ICE OYSTERS WITH HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce by whisking together all ingredients except for the oysters; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
• Rinse and scrub the oysters with a stiff brush.
• To open them, on a folded kitchen towel, grip the oyster flat side up with another kitchen towel protecting your hand.
• Find the small opening between the shells near the hinge and pry open with an oyster knife.
• Try to keep the juices in the shell.
• Loosen the oyster from the shell by running the oyster knife carefully underneath the body.
• Discard the top, flatter shell, keeping the oyster in the bottom, deeper shell.
• Grill the oysters, shell side down, over direct high heat until the juices around the oysters boil and almost completely evaporate, 2-4 minutes.
• Using tongs, carefully remove the oysters from the grill.
• Spoon a small dollop of sauce on top of each oyster and serve with cocktail forks while oysters are hot.