Lobster cocktail
Serves four people
Ingredients:
4x lobsters
2 table spoons
crème fraiche
1 lemon
3 cucumbers
Tarragon Flowers
Dill
Lobster
Boil water in a large pan and cook lobsters for 3 mins Remove and plunge in ice cold water Remove the claw and dice for the cocktail and remove the body and keep aside to warm up
Cocktail
Mix together the claw meat with the crème fraiche, squeeze of lemon and seasoning Add pickled cucumber and soft herbs Place in the bottom of a nice bowl
Chilled Cucumber soup
Juice 2 cucumbers Mix with anzu to get the prickliness you desire
Pickled cucumbers
Peel and dice the cucumbers, discarding the center Heat a little anzu up and pour over the cucumbers Leave for 10 mins then use
Anzu
Ingredients:
200g rice wine vinegar
100g salt
23g salt
Bring all to the boil and chill when dissolved.
Adam Handling, Head Chef at The Caxton Grill, specialises in creating traditional dishes with a new twist that are easily sharable and encourage the enjoyment of good food with friends and family alike. This is the recipe for one of Adam’s favourite dinner party dishes, Lobster Cocktail.
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