Grilled Lobster with Red Chilli and Garlic Butter
This red chilli and garlic butter is the most delicious spread to go on cooked lobster. Once grilled for a few minutes, the lobster comes out beautifully caramelised and ready for tucking in.
Introduction
Buying cooked lobsters is a perfect way of enjoying them at home. Flavoured butters are a wonderful way to flavour recipes – use to stuff fish or as a glaze to finish off a recipe under the grill (broiler).
Ingredients
| 2 medium | cooked lobsters |
| For the red chilli and garlic butter: | |
|---|---|
| 100g (3½ oz) | unsalted butter, softened |
| 2 | red chillies, finely chopped |
| 2 | garlic cloves, crushed |
| 1 tsp | chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves |
| pinch of | sea salt |
Method
In a bowl, combine all the ingredients for the red chilli and garlic butter and set aside.
Lay each lobster flat on a chopping board. There is a natural cross on the back of the lobster – with the point of a knife placed in the centre of the cross, carefully push through the shell and firmly cut in half one way and then turn the lobster around and continue cutting it in half. Snap the legs and the claws off, then crack the claws with the back of your knife. Remove some of the shell and push some of the flavoured butter into the claws, then spread the butter over the lobster halves. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. This can be done in advance so that the flavoured butter has time to marinate the lobster flesh – it will taste even better when grilled (broiled).
Preheat the grill (broiler).
Place the lobster halves and claws on a baking tray (pan) and grill for 5–6 minutes. You may need to do this in two batches. As the lobsters are already cooked, you are literally just grilling them to caramelise the delicious spicy and garlicky butter.
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