AUSTRIAN LOBSTER COCKTAIL

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Provided by Food Network

Time 30m

Yield 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 25

2 cups mayonnaise
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 1/2 pounds lobster tail meat, roughly chopped
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
2 teaspoons capers, finely chopped
2 sweet gherkins, finely chopped
1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped, plus more to garnish
1 hard boiled egg, white finely chopped, yolk shaved with side of knife
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Hot sauce, to taste
1 tablespoon orange juice
1/2 lemon, juiced
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
2 teaspoons mustard
2 teaspoons horseradish
1 teaspoon paprika plus more to garnish
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1 tablespoon dry sherry
1 tablespoon cognac
1 tablespoon Cointreau
Lettuce, finely sliced
20 shrimp, cooked and peeled
Lemon wedges, to garnish

Steps:

Place mayonnaise in bowl on top of crushed ice. Add tomato sauce and 9 ounces lobster meat. In separate bowl, combine onion, anchovy, capers, gherkins, 1 tablespoon parsley, and egg white and yolk. Add this to lobster mayonnaise. Add Worcestershire sauce, several shakes hot sauce, orange juice, lemon juice, salt and pepper, mustard, horseradish, 1 teaspoon paprika, cayenne, sherry, cognac and Cointreau. Combine all ingredients carefully.
Season lettuce with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Divide among 10 champagne glasses. Place remaining lobster on top of lettuce then cover with lobster mayonnaise. Garnish with 2 shrimp, parsley, paprika and a lemon wedge. Serve cold.