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Summer Maine Lobster Salad II

Submitted by: Irv Skaff, Sudbury Inn, 1995, Bethel, Maine
See more like this in: Salads

INGREDIENTS:

(1 servings)

1 pound Maine lobster, steamed
4 ounces fresh spinach, cleaned
2 1/4 ounces french brie, cut in wedges
1/2 medium yellow tomato, 3 wedges
1/2 medium red tomato, 3 wedges
12 each fresh raspberries
6 each fresh strawberries
3 tablespoons roasted pine nuts
3 ounces raspberry vinaigrette, recipe follows
4 red onion rings
1 bunch of flowering kale

Raspberry Vinaigrette:
1 ounce raspberry vinegar
3 ounces olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh raspberries
1 teaspoon shallots, diced fine
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Add all ingredients and blend with hand blender.

DIRECTIONS:

Skewer Maine lobster through tail to retain shape, place in pot of boiling water for 8-10 minutes according to size.  Remove Maine lobster and chill in refrigerator.  When chilled remove Maine lobster meat from tail and claws (save head).

Prep 12" round plate with a bed of cleaned spinach.  Cut brie into six wedges and place at the 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 o'clock positions.  Alternate yellow and red tomato wedges in between brie.  Place one raspberry in between tomatoes and brie.  Slice Maine lobster tail on bias and lay across center of plate.  Place claw meat on both sides of Maine lobster tail meat.  Fan strawberries and place at the end of the tail.  Sprinkle with pine nuts, and vinaigrette.  Garnish with Maine lobster head, onion rings, and flowering kale.

Raspberry Vinaigrette:

Add all ingredients and blend with hand blender.

NUTRITIONAL:

Per serving:

calories        2010.7
carbohydrate    252.7 g
cholesterol        206 mg
total fat                97.6 g
protein               72 g
sodium             957 mg
dietary fiber      127.6 g
calcium             770 mg

Nutritional information provided by MasterCook II.  Nutritional profiles are meant to be approximate guides to nutrient contents of the  recipe.  Those persons on special diets may require more nutrient data and should consult their  personal physicians, registered dieticians, and / or food manufacturers



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