INGREDIENTS:
- 2 cooked lobster,
- 1 cup milk,
- 30g(1oz)butter ,
- 2tbsp flour,
- 30g extra butter- 2 portions,
- 4 shallots,
- 1/2 cup dry white wine (otional),
- 1 cup cream,
- salt and pepper,
- 1 pack button mushrooms chopped (optional),
- 1/2tsp mustard (optional),
- 125g (4oz) gruyere cheese.
Serve 2
PREPARATION:
- Boil lobster,remove flesh, cut into bite-sized pieces, reserve tail shells (pic 1-4)
- Melt butter in fry pan, add chopped mushrooms and cook for 10' or so until butter is all absorbed and set aside.
- Melt 1st portion of extra butter in fry pan, stir in flour and cook 1 minute (without browning), gradually stir in hot milk ,cook and stir till mixture boils and thickens, set the white sauce aside.
- Melt 2nd extra butter in pan , add chopped shallots,cook for a few minutes,add wine(reduce over high heat till half the quantity, add the white sauce and cream,season with salt,pepper and mustard, cook gently ,stirring for 5 minutes.
- Stir in 3/4's of the grated cheese,stir till cheese melts,add lobster meat and mushrooms, place mixture into lobster shells,sprinkle with remaing cheese,brown under hot griller(broiler)or in hot oven. (pic 5-9)
- Serve with Mr. Z's asparagus au Maggi. (pic 8,9)
