Best Lobster Potpie Recipes

Lobster and Fennel Potpie image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Time 1h30m

Yield Makes one 9-by-12-inch potpie

Number Of Ingredients 13

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 fennel bulb (8 ounces), halved, cored, and very thinly sliced, preferably on a mandoline
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups fish stock
1/2 cup water
1 pound cooked lobster meat (from 2 lobsters), cut into 1-inch pieces
3/4 cup fresh shelled or frozen English peas
3 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon fresh tarragon
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 slices Pullman bread (1/2 inch thick)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make the filling: Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook onion until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add fennel, and cook until softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in flour. Add stock and water. Bring to a simmer.
Remove from heat, and stir in lobster, peas, cream, and tarragon. Season with salt and pepper if needed. Let cool. Transfer mixture to a 9-by-12-inch (8-cup) gratin dish.
Make the topping: Melt butter, and brush over bread slices. Tear each slice in half, and arrange over top of filling to cover the surface, overlapping as you work. Bake until bread is golden brown and filling is bubbling, about 30 minutes.

LOBSTER POTPIE image

Categories Shellfish

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 21

11/2 cups chopped yellow onion (1 large onion)
3/4 cup chopped fennel (1 fennel bulb)
1/4 pound unsalted butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
21/2 cups fish stock
1 tablespoon Pernod
11/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons heavy cream
3/4 pound cooked fresh lobster meat
11/2 cups frozen peas (not "baby" peas)
11/2 cups frozen small whole onions
1/2 cup minced flat-leaf parsley
PASTRY
3 cups all-purpose flour
11/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
8 tablespoons cold fresh lard, diced (1/4 pound)
8 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, diced
1/2 to 2/3 cup ice water
1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water or heavy cream, for egg wash

Steps:

Saute the onions and fennel with the butter in a large saute pan on medium heat until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the flour and cook on low heat for 3 more minutes, stirring occasionally. Slowly add the stock, Pernod, salt, and pepper, and simmer for 5 more minutes. Add the heavy cream. Cut the lobster meat into medium-sized cubes. Place the lobster, frozen peas, frozen onions, and parsley in a bowl (there is no need to defrost the vegetables). Pour the sauce over the mixture and check the seasonings. Set aside. For the crust, mix the flour, salt, and baking powder in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the lard and butter and pulse 10 times, until the fat is the size of peas. With the motor running, add the ice water; process only enough to moisten the dough and have it just come together. Dump the dough on a floured surface and knead quickly into a ball. Wrap the dough in plastic and allow it to rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half to fit a 9 or 91/2-inch-round (or oblong) by 2-inch-high ovenproof glass or ceramic baking dish. Place one crust in the dish, fill with lobster mixture, and top with the second crust. Crimp the crusts together and brush with the egg wash. Make 4 or 5 slashes in the top crust and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the top is golden brown and filling is bubbling hot.