Austrian Lobster Cocktail Food

LOBSTER SALAD COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine mayonnaise, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper, celery, shallot, tarragon and chives in a bowl.
• Add lobster meat to mayonnaise sauce and combine.
• Rub the rim of 4 martini glasses with a lemon. Dip the rim in some dry rub. Divide the lobster salad between the 4 glasses. Garnish with dry rub and lemon slices.

WARM LOBSTER AND CRAB COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Remove the claws and tails from the lobsters. The bodies may be used for stock. Boil the claws for 4 minutes and the tails for 3 minutes, until they are just barely cooked with some translucency left in the middle. Remove the claws and tails from the shell, cut the tails into 3 even medallions. Put the 6 medallions and 2 claws in a small saucepan with the buerre blanc Warm the butter in a small saucepan and fold in the crabmeat and chives. Season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange 3 medallions on each serving plate, and put a spoonful of the crabmeat in the center. Top with a claw.
• Warm the green leek and blood orange sauces separately, and spoon each sauce around the lobster and crab.
• Reduce the shallots and white wine until almost dry in small saucepan. Add cream and reduce by half. Whisk in butter. Hold warm;
• In a medium saucepan bring the lobster stock to a boil. Stir in the leeks until all are submerged and cook 1 1/2 minutes until tender. Transfer to a blender and add the cubed butter. Blend until the butter is melted. Then add the ice cubes with the blender running. Blend until smooth. Pass through a chinois and season with salt and pepper. Finish cooling in ice bath.
• Juice the oranges and pass through a chinois. In a small saucepot, reduce to a syrupy consistency. Hold at room temperature

LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Have a large ice water bath standing by.
• In a shallow saucepan, add the white wine, butter and 2 cups water, along with a pinch of salt. Turn the heat on to medium-high. Once the liquid comes to a low simmer, add the lobsters and cook for about 8 minutes. Carefully remove the lobsters from the water and immediately plunge into the ice water bath; let sit until cool to the touch. Remove the lobster meat from the claws and tails and roughly chop. Keep chilled until ready to use.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the mayonnaise, sugar, celery, lemon juice, tarragon, salt and pepper, and stir to thoroughly combine. Add the chopped lobster meat and stir to combine.
• Place the brioche pieces on a sheet tray and put in the oven to toast, tossing every minute or so to toast evenly, about 5 minutes total.
• Evenly divide the bread pieces in the bottom of stemless cocktail glasses. Top with the lobster salad, tarragon and micro cilantro.

MEYER LEMON LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Remove lobster meat from shell. Skewer the lobster with a 10-inch skewer.
• Whip butter and lemon juice together to make lemon butter.
• Grill lobster skewers, brushing them with the lemon butter. Season with salt and pepper.Cool lobster.
• Remove lobster from 10-inch skewers and cut into 10 bite-sized medallions. Skewer each medallion with a frill pick.
• Mix together the limoncello and club soda.
• Serve skewered medallion in limoncello cocktail.

AUSTRIAN LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place mayonnaise in bowl on top of crushed ice. Add tomato sauce and 9 ounces lobster meat. In separate bowl, combine onion, anchovy, capers, gherkins, 1 tablespoon parsley, and egg white and yolk. Add this to lobster mayonnaise. Add Worcestershire sauce, several shakes hot sauce, orange juice, lemon juice, salt and pepper, mustard, horseradish, 1 teaspoon paprika, cayenne, sherry, cognac and Cointreau. Combine all ingredients carefully.
• Season lettuce with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Divide among 10 champagne glasses. Place remaining lobster on top of lettuce then cover with lobster mayonnaise. Garnish with 2 shrimp, parsley, paprika and a lemon wedge. Serve cold.