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Grilled Lobster

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup Herb Butter (page 48)
4 lobsters (about 1 to 1 1/2 pounds each)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Prepare: 1/2 cup Herb Butter (page 48).

    Step 2

    Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. (It should taste as salty as seawater.) Drop in: 4 lobsters (about 1 to 1 1/2 pounds each).

    Step 3

    Cook for 1 minute. Plunge into a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking. Drain after 1 minute.

    Step 4

    Crack the claws with the blunt back of a heavy knife. Lay each lobster on its back and make a lengthwise cut splitting the tail meat open but leaving the top shell intact. Remove the sand sac and vein from the tail. Stuff 2 spoonfuls of herb butter into the tail.

    Step 5

    Meanwhile prepare a medium-hot bed of coals. When the fire is ready, put the lobsters on the grill, split side up, and grill for 4 minutes on each side. Serve hot and pass lemon wedges and the rest of the herb butter (melted, if you desire).

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