Lobster Base

Posted for safe keeping.Lobster Base By Master Chef Robert Sturm, Custom Foods, Chicago, IL. and Executive Chef Dale Festler, Landry's Seafood Houses, Houston TX

• Ready In: 3 hrs 10 mins
• Serves: 1

Ingredients

• 1  lobster (Whole Live, meat removed )
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 2  tablespoons  diced onions
• 2  tablespoons celery, diced
• 1  teaspoon tomato paste
• 1  bay leaf
• 2  ounces brandy
• 2  cups water

Directions

1. Procedure:
2. Take one whole live lobster Remove the meat from the shell.
3. Crush the shells.
4. Saute the shells with butter, diced onions, diced celery tomato paste, and bay leaf.
5. Deglaze with two ounces of brandy, add two cups of water, bring to boil, and simmer for three hours.
6. Strain broth. return to the heat, bring to a boil. reduce to 3 tbls.