Lobster in French

2 servings

40 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book "Seafood. Very simple.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 400.4
• Proteins: 69.7g
• Fats: 3.4g
• Carbohydrates: 21.5g

Ingredients

• Lobsters: 1 pc
• Butter: 1 pc
• Carrot: 1 pc
• Parsley root: 1 pc
• Celery: 1 pc
• Leek: 1 pc
• Onion: 1 head
• Chervil leaves: 1 pc
• Tarragon leaves: 1 pc
• Fish broth: to taste
• White wine: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Cut the fresh lobster into portion pieces, break or saw the shell on the legs, and remove the tentacles and antennae.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lobsters: 1 piece

2. Prepare vegetable broth. For this, mix butter, carrot, parsley root, celery, leek, blanched onion, a leaf of chervil and tarragon, wine, and fish stock.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 1 piece
   • Carrot: 1 piece
   • Parsley root: 1 piece
   • Celery: 1 piece
   • Leek: 1 piece
   • Onion: 1 head
   • Chervil leaves: 1 piece
   • Tarragon leaves: 1 piece
   • Fish broth:  to taste
   • White wine:  to taste

3. Strain.

4. Place the lobster pieces with its juice in a saucepan, pour in the strained vegetable broth, and cook until done.

   Required ingredients:

   • Fish broth:  to taste

5. Transfer the cooked lobster to a plate, strain all or part of the broth it was cooked in into a pot, bring to a boil, remove from heat, add pieces of butter, let the butter melt quickly, add small slices of cooked carrot, and pour this sauce over the hot pieces of lobster.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 1 piece
   • Carrot: 1 piece