Lobster Newburg Crepes Food

LOBSTER NEWBURG

Steps:

• Into a large kettle of boiling salted water plunge the lobsters, head first, and boil them, covered, for 8 minutes from the time the water returns to a boil. Transfer the lobsters with tongs to a cutting board and let them cool until they can be handled. Break off the claws at the body and crack them. Remove the claw meat and cut it into 1/2-inch pieces. Halve the lobsters length-wise along the undersides, remove the meat from the tails, discarding the bodies, and cut it into 1/2-inch pieces.
• In a heavy saucepan cook the lobster meat in the butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes, add 2 tablespoons of the Sherry and 3 tablespoons of the brandy, and cook the mixture, stirring, for 2 minutes. Transfer the lobster meat with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add the cream to the Sherry mixture and boil the mixture until it is reduced to about 1 cup. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the remaining 1 teaspoon Sherry, the remaining 1 teaspoon brandy, the nutmeg, the cayenne, and salt to taste. Whisk in the yolks, cook the mixture, whisking constantly, until it registers 140°F. on a deep-fat thermometer, and cook it, whisking, for 3 minutes more. Stir in the lobster meat and serve the lobster Newburg over the toast.

LOBSTER NEWBURG

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks and heavy cream until well blended. Set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in the egg yolk mixture and sherry. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Do not boil.
• Remove from heat, and season with salt, cayenne, and nutmeg. Add lobster. Return pan to low heat, and cook gently until heated through. Serve hot over slices of buttered toast.

LOBSTER NEWBURG CREPES

Steps:

• Melt butter in top of double boiler.
• Add cream and paprika and heat over simmering water.
• Beat egg yolks in a small bowl.
• Stir a little of the cream mixture into yolks before adding them to the cream mixture, beating constantly with a whisk.
• Add sherry or Madiera and continue cooking slowly, stirring until sauce thickens.
• Season to taste with salt and white pepper and stir in lobster meat; remove from heat.
• Butter a small shallow baking dish.
• Using a slotted spoon place some of the lobster and a little sauce across the middle of each crepe.
• Roll up crepes and place, seam side down, in baking dish.
• Spoon remaining sauce over crepes, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• To cook, sprinkle crepes with cheese and place in a preheated 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until heated through.

SEAFOOD NEWBURG

Steps:

• Saute shrimp, scallops and lobster in butter.
• Add paprika.
• Move seafood to a crock pot set on low or warming dish.
• Add sherry to hot sauté pan and boil hard to de-glaze the pan.
• Add sherry and pan bits to seafood.
• In a saucepan (over medium heat) cook flour and butter and whisk until well blended and bubbly.
• Slowly whisk in milk pouring in a half cup at a time.
• Add cream slowly, whisking continuously until mixture thickens.
• About 3-5 minutes.
• (Cook longer for a thicker sauce or add water to thin it out. Use your own personal preference.) Season with salt and Cayenne pepper.
• Pour over warmed seafood and stir.
• Serve with linguini, saltine or common crackers or toast.

LOBSTER NEWBURG

Steps:

• Fill a large stockpot 3/4 full with cold water. Set over high heat, and bring to a rolling boil. Prepare an ice bath. Add the lobsters to the pot, making sure that each lobster is completely submerged in water. Cook lobsters about 8 minutes. Using tongs, transfer lobsters to ice bath to cool. Drain lobsters in a colander.
• Carefully remove lobster meat from the tails, claws, and legs, being careful to remove any cartilage from the claw meat. Cut the meat into bite-size pieces. Transfer meat to a bowl, cover with plastic, and refrigerate until ready to use. Discard lobster bodies, but reserve the shells from the tails, claws, and legs for making stock.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan set over medium heat. Add chopped onion and celery to pan. Coarsely chop 1 leek and 2 carrots; add to pan. Add reserved lobster shells, 4 sprigs tarragon, and enough water to cover shells by 3 inches.
• Bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, skimming surface often, until the stock is flavorful, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Prepare an ice bath. Strain stock through a fine sieve, pushing down on solids to extract liquid. Transfer stock to a clean saucepan, and discard solids. Continue cooking stock until liquid has reduced to 2 cups. Remove from heat, and transfer to ice bath to chill. Transfer chilled stock to an airtight container; refrigerate until ready to use.
• Split the remaining leek lengthwise. Cut the leek and remaining 2 carrots into 1/2-inch pieces; set aside.
• Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan set over medium-low heat. Sprinkle flour into saucepan, and cook, stirring constantly, so mixture foams and forms a paste but does not turn brown, about 2 minutes.
• Carefully add sherry, stirring constantly to loosen any flour that has cooked onto the bottom of saucepan, being careful that no lumps form. Add tomato paste and 2 cups reserved lobster stock. Add the chopped leek and carrot to the saucepan, and cook until just tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in cream, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until sauce just starts to thicken, 5 to 6 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Pick tarragon from remaining 4 sprigs, chop, and add.
• In a small bowl, whisk egg yolk. Add a ladleful of hot sauce to temper the yolk; whisk to combine. Return mixture to saucepan over low heat; whisk to combine. Remove from heat.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Fill a large roasting pan with 1 inch boiling water; set 6 six-ounce ramekins into a large roasting pan.
• Add the reserved lobster meat to the sauce; stir to combine. Divide the Newburg evenly among the ramekins. Transfer the roasting pan to oven, and cook until the Newburg bubbles, about 25 minutes. Remove roasting pan from the oven, and carefully transfer ramekins to serving plates. Serve.

LOBSTER NEWBURG

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, melt butter.
• Stir in flour and salt.
• Add the milk all at once.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• Cook and stir 1 more minute.
• Stir about half the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks.
• Return all to saucepan.
• Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in lobster, dry sherry, white or black pepper, and ground red pepper.
• Heat through.
• Serve over English muffin halves.
• If desired, garnish with snipped chives.

SEAFOOD CREPES

Steps:

• For crepes;.
• Whisk dry ingredients together. Mix in eggs, milk and butter. With a hand beater mix until smooth.
• In an 8" skillet or crepe pan, lightly brush with butter, heat until bubbly on medium heat, pour a scant 1/4 cup batter and, swirl it around to coat the pan. Cook until top is dry and bottom is light brown. Flip and cook the other side. Stack on top of each other and keep warm. * tip*You can easily do the crepes ahead and stack them with waxed paper between each one, refrigerate for up to 2 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
• Saute the mushrooms and green onion in butter until tender. Put the seafood, 1/2 and 1/2, cream cheese and parsley in the pan, over medium heat, until the cheese has melted. Pour in Sherry.
• In each crepe, place 1/4 cup seafood filling, roll and place in a two baking dishes, 12" x 71/2" x 2", seam side down. Top each pan with the Swiss cheese and place in a 350 degree oven until the crepes are hot, approximately 20 minutes.

LOBSTER CREPES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a sauce pan and quickly saute shallot.
• Whisk in flour, stirring constantly.
• Gradually add the milk and cream, whisking continuously.
• Add salt, white pepper, paprika and curry powder.
• Once sauce is thickened, add lemon juice and lobster.
• Spoon into crepes, fold, top with addional sauce and sprinkle with optional cheese and serve.

LOBSTER NEWBERG

Steps:

• Season lobster tails with salt.
• Heat clarified butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Place tails, meat-side down, in hot butter and saute until just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate to cool.
• Pour sherry into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Cook until sherry is reduced by half, about 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat.
• Pull meat from shells; discard shells and roughly chop lobster meat. Pour any accumulated juices from the plate into sherry mixture in the skillet.
• Whisk cream, eggs yolks, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl.
• Whisk cream mixture into sherry mixture, return skillet to medium-low heat, and cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, 3 to 7 minutes. Stir lobster into sauce and cook until heated through. Season with parsley and salt.

LOBSTER CREPES

Steps:

• Crepes.
• Beat eggs, flour and seasonings. Gradually add milk, beating until smooth. Refrigerate 2 hours. For each crepe, pour 2-3 tbsp of batter in a heated, oiled crepe pan. Brown lightly on each side. Keep warm in a very low oven.
• Lobster Filling.
• Preheat oven to 425°. Break lobster into pieces. Melt butter and saute onion and mushrooms 3-5 minutes. Stir in flour and seasonings. Add milk gradually. Cook, stirring constantly until thickened. remove from heat. Add wine and lobster. Mix well.
• Spoon 3 tbsp filling into each crepe and roll up. Arrange crepes on ovenproof platter. Brush with half the melted butter. Sprinkle with cheese, mixed with crumbs. Bae at 425° for 5-8 minutes. Stir remaining melted butter into remaining sauce and serve over crepes.

BAKED STUFFED SOLE W. CRAB STUFFING AND LOBSTER NEWBURG SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute mushrooms, leeks, and butter until soft.
• Saute crabmeat 5 mins., then add 1/2 oz. Madeira, and 1 oz. cream.
• Saute until 75% of liquid is gone.
• Add dash of salt, and black pepper.
• Add this to 1/2 cup cracker crumbs.
• Mound stuffing in ovenproof dish.
• Place fish on top.
• Bake in preheated 350 oven, for 20-25 mins., or until fish is white in middle.
• To Make Lobster Sauce:.
• Saute 1/4 lb. butter and 1 lb. lobster meat over med. heat, for 10 minutes.
• Add 1 1/2 cups Madeira, salt, and pepper, and cook 10 minutes.
• Add 1/2 gal. cream, and bring to a boil, then add the roux, and simmer 15 minutes until thick, stir often.
• Spoon this on top of fish and serve.