LOBSTER WITH LEMON & HERB BUTTER SAUCE

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Lobster served two ways: with a buttery dipping sauce for the large chunks of meat and a salad made with the smaller pieces. Nothing is wasted and this easy main lets the lobster shine!

Provided by Barney Desmazery

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cooked lobster (see tip below for video guide on how to prepare lobster), claws and tail meat kept separate from the smaller bits of meat
crusty bread , to serve
juice ½ lemon
100g cold butter , cut into cubes
small bunch chives , finely snipped
small handful basil leaves , chopped
110g bag of rocket
½ an avocado , stoned, peeled and sliced
leftover bits of lobster meat
juice ½ lemon
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Steps:

To make the sauce, warm the lemon juice in a small saucepan. Add the butter, a few cubes at a time, swirling them into the lemon juice over a very low heat to melt them, adding a few more pieces until all the butter is used. Take the sauce off the heat, season to taste and keep warm.
To make the salad, gently toss the rocket, avocado and lobster meat together. Dress with the lemon juice and olive oil, and toss again until everything is mixed and coated.
To serve, stir the herbs through the sauce and pour into a ramekin or small bowl. Put the sauce on a plate and pile the large chunks of lobster meat on one side and the salad on the other. Bring the plate to the table to share - dip the tail meat, claws and crusty bread into the sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 649 calories, Fat 61 grams fat, SaturatedFat 29 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 1 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 1 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 22 grams protein, Sodium 1.7 milligram of sodium