To Boil Lobsters
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the lobster
Bring 1 gallon of water to a fast boil and add 5 oz of coarse sea salt.
Carefully add the lobster to the boiling water.
Cook a moderate-sized lobster for 15 to 25 minutes or a large lobster for 30 to 40 minutes.
Prepare and serve
Remove the lobster and take off the large claws, cracking the shells at the joints.
Separate the tail from the body and split it down the middle.
Arrange the lobster neatly on a serving dish, garnished with curled parsley if desired.
Serve with a good remoulade or oil and vinegar.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Lobster
- Provides the main protein; cooking firms the flesh and turns the shell bright red.
The step that matters
Cook for the right time by lobster size. Overcooking toughens lobster meat, while undercooking leaves it unsafe to eat. Timing should follow the size of the lobster, so a moderate and a large lobster need different times.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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