Butter Braised Atlantic Lobster With A Red Beet And Horseradish Sauce Food

LOBSTER SMOTHERED IN WHITE TRUFFLE BUTTER WITH TOASTED WHITE CORN PANCAKES AND ROASTED BABY BEETS

Steps:

• For the corn pancakes: In a mixing bowl, combine the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, honey and salt. In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, and melted butter. Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
• Heat a griddle or cast iron frying pan over high heat, brush with oil and add 3 tablespoons batter for each pancake (total of 20). Fry for about 1 minute, or until dry around the edges, turn and fry for about 30 seconds until cooked through.
• Keep warm in a 200 degree oven until ready to serve.
• For the truffle butter: Place the butter in a medium bowl. Fold in the truffles until combined and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Leftover butter can be frozen.
• For the roasted beets: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Rub the beets with the oil, place on a baking sheet and roast until cooked through, approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly and remove skin. Cut into quarters.
• For the vinaigrette: Place the beet juice in a small nonreactive saucepan over high heat and reduce to 3 tablespoons. Strain through a fine strainer into nonreactive bowl and let cool. When cool, slowly whisk in the canola oil until emulsified.
• Whisk together the vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the beet oil until emulsified. Season with pepper and more salt if needed.
• For the assembly: Heat 3 tablespoons of the truffle butter in a medium saute pan over low heat. Add the 1/2 of the cooked lobster meat and cook for 30 seconds or until just warmed through and season with salt and pepper to taste. Repeat with the remaining lobster. Place 1 of the warm pancakes on each dish, top each pancake with some of the warmed lobster meat and sprinkle with the chives. Repeat, layering, for a total of four layers, top with the remaining 4 pancakes.
• Place the assorted beets around the pancake and drizzle the beets with the beet vinaigrette and chervil leaves. Top with a dollop of the truffle butter and shaved truffles. Serve immediately.

HORSERADISH BUTTER

Steps:

• Pulse 1 stick softened butter in a food processor with 1/3 cup chopped chives, 3 tablespoons horseradish, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest until smooth. Scrape the butter onto plastic wrap or parchment, wrap and shape into a log. Chill until firm. Slice and serve over grilled steak.
• TIP: Try making other flavored butters with odds and ends from your fridge: capers, pickles, olives or even hot sauce.

HORSERADISH WITH RED BEETS

Steps:

• Cook scrubbed beets with skins until tender.
• When done, immerse in cold water immediately.
• Let cool slightly, peel and discard skins.
• Shred beets with a medium coarse grater and set aside.
• Scrape horseradish root well to remove any blemishes.
• Cut root into small pieces.
• Measure 1 1/2 cups of vinegar and 1 cup of cold water.
• Add horseradish to blender (a few pieces at a time), cover and process, adding vinegar/water mixture as required until horseradish is well blended; continue to process remainder of horseradish root.
• If necessary, add more vinegar and water in equal amounts so that the horseradish is well chopped and blended.
• In a mixing bowl, add grated beets, sugar, the remainder 3/4 cup of white vinegar and 1 cup of processed horseradish; mix well.
• Add sugar and salt and mix well to incorporate.
• If desired, add more horseradish to suit your taste, also adust seasonings to taste.
• Store any remaining horseradish in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid in the refrigerator.
• Store the jar upside down so that no air gets into the jar, lasts much longer.

SIRLOIN TIPS WITH HORSERADISH BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Pat steaks dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a well-seasoned large cast-iron skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then cook steaks 6 minutes on each side for medium-rare. Transfer steaks to plates. Remove skillet from heat and immediately add butter and horseradish, stirring and scraping up any brown bits. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and spoon sauce over steaks.

LEMON & BUTTER BRAISED BEET GREENS

Steps:

• Heat the oil and butter in a large skillet or Dutch oven over low heat, and add the garlic.
• Cook gently, stirring frequently, until the garlic is fragrant but does not take on any color.
• Add the moist greens, raise the heat to medium-high, and cover the pan. Cook until the greens wilt, about 2 minutes, shaking the pan once or twice.
• Remove the cover; if there's any excess liquid, cook until it evaporates.
• Toss the greens with the lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and serve hot.

ROASTED BEETS WITH HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• Cut the greens from the beets, leaving about 1 inch of the stems attached, and reserve the greens. Scrub the beets, wrap them tightly in 2 foil packages, and roast them on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until they are tender. Unwrap the beets carefully, discarding any liquid that may have accumulated in the foil, and let them cool until they can be handled. Peel and halve the beets and cut them into 1/4-inch slices.
• In a small bowl stir together the crème fraîche, the horseradish to taste, the zest, and salt and pepper to taste. Wash well and drain the reserved greens, in a large skillet cook them with salt and pepper to taste in 1 tablespoon of the butter over moderately high heat, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are wilted, and transfer them to a platter. In the skillet cook the beets with salt and pepper to taste in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter over moderately high heat, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until they are hot, and spoon them over the greens. Top the beets with the horseradish cream and sprinkle the cream with the chives and salt and pepper to taste.