To Boil a Lobster
Ingredients
Directions
Fill a kettle with enough water to cover the lobster.
Before the water gets very hot, add the lobsters.
Add 2 tablespoons of coarse sea salt.
Cover and boil for 30 minutes.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Lobster
- The main protein; heat firms its flesh and turns it opaque as it cooks.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the cooking water, lightly flavoring the lobster as it cooks.
The step that matters
Cover and boil for 30 minutes. Prolonged heat tightens lobster muscle proteins further, so flesh cooked too long becomes tough and rubbery. Timing the boil carefully keeps the meat tender and moist.
“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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