Lobster And Asparagus Soft Cooked Eggs With Oyster Cava Cream Revuelto De Langosta Recipes

LOBSTER, CREOLE STYLE: ENCHILADO DE LANGOSTA

Steps:

• Saute onions, peppers, and garlic in olive oil for approximately 4 minutes. Deglaze with the Sherry.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and bay leaf, and cook for 5 minutes. Add roasted peppers, ancho chile, Worcestershire, cilantro, and lobster, and cook for 6 minutes. Serve in a shallow bowl.

LOBSTER AND ASPARAGUS WITH LEMON BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut the lobster tails along each side of the underside with scissors.
• Pull the lobster flesh away from the shells and cut into thick slices.
• Top and tail the snow peas.
• Break off the woody end of the asparagus.
• Boil, steam or microwave the asparagus until barely tender, add the snow peas and cook for 1 minute longer. Drain and refresh under cold water until no longer warm.
• Heat the butter in a pan, add green onions, lemon rind and juice.
• Add the lobster, stir fry until the lobster is just tender then add the pine nuts, asparagus and snow peas. Stir until heated through.

LOBSTER AND ASPARAGUS RISOTTO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400F degrees.
• Coat an ovenproof saute (pan with cooking spray and place it over medium-high heat).
• Add the lobster, garlic, shallots and red bell pepper, and saute for 1 1/2 minutes, or until the lobster in just cooked.
• Remove the lobster from the pan and set it aside to cool.
• Add the wine, rice and lemon juice to the pan, and stir and cook for two minutes.
• Add one cup of the stock and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until the liquid has just evaporated.
• Add 1 1/2 cups more of the stock, and allow the stock to evaporate again while stirring.
• Stir in the remaining 1 1/2 cups of stock, the tomato, asparagus, dill, basil and salt.
• Transfer the pan to the oven and finish cooking for about 20 minutes, until all the liquid has evaporated.
• Remove the pan from the oven, and stir in the reserved lobster.

NAGE OYSTERS AND ASPARAGUS IN PERNOD VELOUTE

Steps:

• Bring the chicken stock to a boil in a small saucepan. In a heavy -bottomed pot, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium-high heat. Add the leeks and saute, stirring for 2 minutes. Turn heat down to medium and sprinkle the flour over the leeks. Saute, stirring for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add the boiling chicken stock all at once. Beat vigorously with a whisk to incorporate the flour into the stock. Return to boil and add the celery. Reduce to a bare simmer, and cook for 30 minutes.
• When ready to serve, divide the raw oysters and the cooked asparagus tips among 6 wide, shallow soup bowls. If you find the soup too thick, add some oyster liquor to thin it. Strain the soup, bring it to a boil, add the Pernod, and turn off heat. Swirl in the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter with a whisk. Season to taste and pour immediately over the oysters and asparagus in the soup bowls, keeping the oysters just above the surface of the veloute. Garnish with fresh tarragon leaves, if available.
• As an appetizer: The best way to use this recipe, we feel. A great start to a late-winter/early-spring dinner that leads, perhaps, into a roast leg of lamb. A wonderful way to serve it is to place the bowls before your guests, with the oysters and asparagus already set in them. Then, bring a tureen to the table and ladle the veloute over all.
• As a main course: If you simply increase the amount of oysters and asparagus-say 8 per person rather than 4-you'll have a light but filling main-course soup. Serve warmed French bread with it, and a light frilly salad tossed with fresh goat cheese.

SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH LOBSTER

Steps:

• Beat the eggs with the cream and set aside.
• Saute lobster in melted butter until heated.
• Stir constantly but do not let it boil.
• Season with paprika, curry and salt.
• Pour the egg mixture over the lobster, stirring thoroughly and cook gently over low heat until eggs begin to set.
• Take off heat and serve.

A SIMPLE STUFFING FOR HARD BOILED EGGS

Steps:

• For 2 dozen eggs, cut the eggs in half lengthwise with a sharp knife dipped in cold water, then puree the yolks through a sieve or food mill into a bowl. Blend in 1/4 cup of mayonnaise, 4 tablespoons of soft butter, 2 tablespoons of chopped sweet pickle or piccalilli, and salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. The whites are quick and easy to fill using a pastry bag with fluted tube. Decorate with parsley or a bit of red pimiento.
• A few of many other stuffing ideas: After sieving the yolks and blending in mayonnaise, soft butter, salt, and pepper, blend in:
• Fresh herbs: Such as minced parsley and/or chives or tarragon to taste, or
• Mushroom duxelles: Minced mushrooms Sauteed with herbs and shallots, or
• Asparagus tips: blanched, warmed in butter and shallots, and finely minced, or
• Lobster, crab, or shrimp: sauteed in butter and shallots, and finely chopped, or Curried onions: minced onions sauteed in butter with a good pinch of curry powder.