Lobster Newburg

Ingredients:

• Lobstertails, 300g
• Puff pastry, 4 cups
• Parsley, fresh, flat leaved
• Dill, fresh
• Cream, 1.5 dl
• Egg yolks, 2 large
• Butter, 50 g
• Sherry, 2 tbls
• Cayenne, 1 pinch
• Nutmeg, ground, 1 pinch

Method:

1 Lobstertails

• Bring a pot of water to a boil
• Add salt and dill
• Add lobster tails for 2 minutes
• Remove lobster tails from heat and rinse with cold water
• Cut lobster tails into small chunks and keep them in a small bowl

2 Mise en place

• Take butter out of fridge
• Remove grill from owen
• Turn on owen on 200 degrees
• Place pastries on grill
• Cut some parsley, to drizzle, into a small bowl
• Whisk cream and yolks together in a bowl

3 Sauce

• Melt butter in saucepan over low heat
• Stir in cream mixture and sherry
• Cook, stirring constantly until thickens, 5 to 8 minutes
• Do not boil
• Remove from heat
• Season with cayenne, nutmeg, salt
• Stir in lobster
• Return to low heat
• Cook gently until heated through, about 5 minutes

4 Present

• Put the grill with pastries in the warm owen
• Place the warm pastries on plates and remove their lids
• Fill pastries with lobster and sauce
• Drizzle with parsley and place the lid