Lobster Thermidor

"I found this recipe while trying to cook a romantic dinner for me and my husband. It goes well with candlelight and a bottle of white wine."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Simmer lobster tails in 2 quarts water with 1/4 cup salt for about 20 minutes.
  • Remove the soft shell covering from the underside of the tails.
  • Scoop out all of the meat from the tails (remove dark vein if any).
  • DO NOT discard tail shell.
  • Cut meat into 1" pieces.
  • Melt butter in top of a double- boiler.
  • Add mushrooms and saute' until soft.
  • Add lobster pieces, salt, pepper and wine.
  • Cook over direct heat until wine is absorbed.
  • Place over boiling water.
  • Combine cream and yolks.
  • Add to lobster mixture.
  • Cook, stirring constantly, until slightly thickened.
  • Scoop lobster mixture into tail shells.
  • Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  • Broil for about 5 minutes until cheese is slightly browned.

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  1. Great Recipe! Though I must side with the previous commenter: White wine is not a good substitute for Madeira. If you must substitute anything, sherry is the best bet.
     
  2. Just a note (helpful, I hope) on your comment to use "madeira wine (or other white wine)": madeira is a FORTIFIED wine, with four varieties ranging from a very dry taste that is light in color, to sweet and chestnut-brown in color. It shouldn't typically be replaced by another so-called white wine, especially a dry white wine, without compromising the end result of the recipe. If you are going to the trouble and expense of using Lobster tails, definitely use Madeira !!
     
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