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Lobster Thermidor Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
750g cooked lobster
1 cup milk
1 small onion
3 cloves
1 bayleaf
30g butter
2 tbsp plain flour
30g butter, extra
4 spring onions
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup cream
salt, pepper
1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard
125g gruyere cheese
Directions:
Directions:
Cut lobster in half; remove flesh, cut into large pieces; reserve shells. Combine milk with peeled and sliced onion, cloves and bayleaf. Bring to boil, strain, reserve liquid.

Melt butter in pan, stir in flour and cook 1 minute without browning. Gradually stir in hot milk; cook stirring, until mixture boils and thickens; set aside.

Melt extra butter in pan, add chopped shallots, cook few minutes. Add wine, reduce over high heat to half quantity; add the white sauce and cream, season with salt, pepper and mustard. Cook gently, stirring for 5 minutes.

Stir in three-quarters of the grated cheese, stir until cheese melts, add lobster meat. Fill mixture into lobster shells, sprinkle with remaining cheese, brown under hot griller or in hot oven.

 

 

 

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