INGREDIENTS:
(4 servings, prepare in 30 minutes)
2 each 1 1/4 lb. live Maine lobster
6 white pearl onions
6 red pearl onions
1 dozen yellow pear tomatoes
2 ounces butterhead leaves (Bibb)
5 sprig curly parsley
5 sprig chervil
1/2 sprig tarragon
10 chives
2 egg whites (from large eggs)
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon paprika
7 ounces 100% Canola oil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch ground white pepper
2 tablespoons toasted sunflower seeds (unsalted)
DIRECTIONS:
Steam Maine lobsters for 10 minutes. Remove Maine lobsters from heat and cover with ice water. Let cool. Remove Maine lobsters from ice bath. Pick meat from shell leaving it as intact as possible. Cut the tail in half length-wise. Make sure to remove the sand track from the tail and cartilage from the claws. Refrigerate meat and discard the rest.
Cut off the root end of the pearl onions. Cut onion in half length-wise. Steam for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool enough to handle. Remove skins. In a hot saute pan over high heat add 1 ounce of Canola oil. Place onions in saute pan cut side down and cook until cut surface is golden brown. Remove from heat and let cool.
Thoroughly wash yellow pear tomatoes and butterhead lettuce leaves with cold water and let dry. Finely chop the leaves of parsley, chervil, and tarragon. Thin slice the chives. Set aside. In blender place egg whites, mustard, lemon juice, and paprika. Mix for a few seconds then slowly drizzle in 6 ounces of Canola oil. Remove from blender and mix in parsley, chive, chervil, tarragon, salt, and pepper.
Present as a composed salad with each portion containing 1/2 a lobster tail, 1 claw, 2 pieces of knuckle meat, 3 pear tomatoes, 3 halves of red pearl onion, 3 halves of white pearl onion, 1/2 ounce butterhead lettuce, 2 ounces of fines herbes emulsion, and 1/2 a tablespoon of sunflower seeds.
NUTRITIONAL:
Per serving:
Calories: 933
Carbohydrate: 82 g
Cholesterol: 45 mg
Fat: 58 g
Protein: 40 g
Sodium: 1377 mg
Dietary Fiber: 18 g
Calcium: 1292 mg
Nutritional information provided by MasterCook. These profiles are meant to be approximate guides to nutrient contents of the recipe. Those persons on special diets may require more specific nutrient data and should consult their personal physicians, registered dietitians, and/or food manufacturers.
