Ingredients to make American style lobster:
- 4 half kilo lobsters (c/u)
- 1/2 kg. of tomatoes
- 2 onions
- 75 gr. of butter
- 1/2 liter of fish stock
- 1 glass of dry white wine water
- 1 glass of Armagnac, cognac or brandy wine
- 2 pinches of tarragon
- 1 sprig of parsley
- laurel
- thyme
- olive oil
- two cloves of garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
How to make American style lobster:
- Peel and chop the onions and garlic. Blanch and peel the tomatoes, cut them in two, seed them and mash them a little.
- On the work table, separate the legs of the lobsters and break them with a mallet or a nutcracker.
- Chop the body and season the pieces.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and make the lobster rounds on both sides until the shell is well colored, remove them and reserve them in the heat.
- Split the heads of the lobsters in two and remove what is edible from inside.
- In the same pan, over a very low heat, cook the onions, garlic, and tomatoes, seasoning the mixture with tarragon, parsley, bay leaf, and thyme; When it is done, it is poured over the pieces of lobster, the whole is sprinkled with the Armagnac and flamed.
- Once flamed add the white wine and let reduce over low heat for a few minutes; then add the stock, bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, crush with a fork everything taken from the head of the bugs and mix them well with a little butter.
- When the lobster is finished cooking, remove the pieces again, let the sauce reduce and add the remaining butter and the corals, beating the whole, boil and IMMEDIATELY remove from the heat, taste for salt and pepper and pass the sauce through a Chinese.
- Arrange the lobster pieces on the plates and cover them with the sauce
