Best David Venables Lobster Bites With Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipes

COAST-TO-COAST LOBSTER BRUSCHETTA RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Toast bread. Cook, reduce, thicken blueberry spread. Mix lobster salad. Sautee bacon topping. Top all with fresh parsley.

MARYLAND CRAB CAKES WITH QUICK TARTAR SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy clean-up. Combine the eggs, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay, salt, celery, and parsley in a large bowl and mix well. Add the crab meat (be sure to check the meat for any hard and sharp cartilage) and panko; using a rubber spatula, gently fold the mixture together until just combined, being careful not to shred the crab meat. Shape into 6 crab cakes (each about ½ cup) and place on the prepared baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. This helps them set. Preheat a large nonstick pan to medium heat and coat with canola oil. When the oil is hot, place the crab cakes in the pan and cook until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Be careful as oil may splatter. Serve immediately with tartar sauce or a squeeze of lemon. For the Quick Tartar Sauce Mix all ingredients together in a small bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Note: If you can only find jumbo lump crab meat, you may need to break the pieces up a bit. If the clumps are too large, the crab cakes won't hold together well.

LOBSTER CAKES WITH SPICEY CILANTRO MAYO RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• In a steamer basket set over boiling water, place the lobster tails. Cover and cook the lobster tails for 8 minutes or until shells are bright red and meat is opaque. When cool enough to handle, cut shells open using scissors and remove the meat. Coarsely chop the meat. In a medium bowl, mix together the egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Dijon, green onions, celery leaves, Old Bay seasoning, salt and pepper. Fold in the chopped lobster meat and panko breadcrumbs. Mix gently trying not to break up the lobster pieces. Shape into four patties about 1⁄2 inch thick. Place on a plate and chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile make the Cilantro Mayo: In a small bowl combine the mayonnaise, cilantro and chili sauce; set aside. Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium heat. When hot, add the cakes and cook about 3 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Remove from the heat. For each serving, place a bed of mixed greens on a plate. Top with two cakes for a dinner portion and top with a dollop of cilantro-mayo.

LOBSTER & SHRIMP PASTA RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• Prepare Brandy Cream Sauce (see recipe below). Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to the directions on the package; drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking; set aside. Cut the lobster tails in half with kitchen shears and remove the meat from the shell (save the shells for the sauce recipe below); cut the lobster meat into ½ pieces. Season the shrimp and lobster with the salt and pepper while you heat a large skillet over high heat. When the skillet is hot, add the oil, mushrooms, shrimp and lobster then sautè and stir until the lobster and shrimp turn opaque (2-3 minutes). Reduce heat to medium and add the brandy cream sauce and green onions; bring to a boil while continuing to stir to prevent scorching the sauce. Add the cooked pasta and continue to heat and stir to thoroughly heat the pasta (add a little extra cream or milk if the sauce becomes too thick while heating the pasta). Serve Hot with a sprinkling of fresh chopped parsley. *Brandy Cream Sauce* ¼ cup of White Wine 4 threads of Saffron 1 tsp Basil, Dried ½ tsp Thyme, Dried Shells from lobster (see pasta recipe) 1 cup Heavy Cream ½ cup of Chicken Broth 1 ¼ tsp Cornstarch 2 tsp Water, cool tap 2 Tbsp Brandy Salt and White Pepper to taste PREPARATION: Combine the cornstarch and cold water in a small cup and set aside. In a 1 quart sauce pan combine the wine, saffron, basil, thyme and lobster shells; bring to a boil and simmer until reduced by half. Add the chicken broth and heavy cream and return to a boil over medium heat. Slowly whisk in the cornstarch and water mixture then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste with salt and white pepper. Remove from heat and stir in the brandy, then strain out the shells with a fine mesh strainer. Note: If you are peeling your own shrimp for this dish, increase the amount you purchase to 10 oz weight. Also, to create an even richer flavor you can add the shrimp shells in addition to the lobster shells in step 2 above.