Lobster Tails With Tangy Rum Sauce

From Caribbean Cooking by John DeMers.

• Ready In: 18 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 6  lobster tails
• 1⁄4 cup rum
• 2  tablespoons butter

• RUM SAUCE

• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 1  tablespoon  chopped parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  jigger rum
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  red pepper (cayenne)
•  fresh ground black pepper

Directions

1. Preheat broiler.
2. To prepare lobster tails for broiling, cut away upper shell and crack lower shell to prevent curling under heat.
3. Arrange on a broiling rack unshelled side up.
4. Sprinkle each tail with rum and dot it with butter.
5. Broil 3 inches away from heat 8 minutes.
6. While lobster tails are broiling, prepare sauce.
7. Place 1 lobster tail on each dinner plate and top with sauce.
8. Rum Sauce:
9. Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan.
10. Cook over low heat until hot.