Name: Lobster with lemon & herb butter sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 cooked lobster (see tip below for video guide on how to prepare lobster), claws and tail meat kept separate from the smaller bits of meat; crusty bread to serve; juice ½ lemon; 100g cold butter cut into cubes; small bunch chives finely snipped; small handful basil leaves chopped; 110g bag of rocket; ½ an avocado stoned, peeled and sliced; leftover bits of lobster meat; juice ½ lemon; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

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Lobster with lemon & herb butter sauce

Lobster with lemon & herb butter sauce

Barney Desmazery

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 5 mins

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Lobster served two ways: with a buttery dipping sauce for the large chunks of meat and a salad made with the smaller pieces. Nothing is wasted and this easy main lets the lobster shine!

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 cooked lobster

(see tip below for video guide on how to prepare lobster), claws and tail meat kept separate from the smaller bits of meat
crusty bread

to serve

For the sauce

juice ½ lemon
100g cold butter

cut into cubes
small bunch chives

finely snipped
small handful basil leaves

chopped

For the salad

110g bag of rocket
½ an avocado

stoned, peeled and sliced
leftover bits of lobster meat
juice ½ lemon
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal649
fat61g
saturates29g
carbs1g
sugars1g
fibre3g
protein22g
salt1.7g

Method

step 1

To make the sauce, warm the lemon juice in a small saucepan. Add the butter, a few cubes at a time, swirling them into the lemon juice over a very low heat to melt them, adding a few more pieces until all the butter is used. Take the sauce off the heat, season to taste and keep warm.
step 2

To make the salad, gently toss the rocket, avocado and lobster meat together. Dress with the lemon juice and olive oil, and toss again until everything is mixed and coated.
step 3

To serve, stir the herbs through the sauce and pour into a ramekin or small bowl. Put the sauce on a plate and pile the large chunks of lobster meat on one side and the salad on the other. Bring the plate to the table to share – dip the tail meat, claws and crusty bread into the sauce.

RECIPE TIPS

HOW TO PREPARE LOBSTER

If you need help preparing your lobster, here's a great video guide on the best way to get the meat for your meal.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2016

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