Lemon Garlic Lobster Tails
Recipe inspired by the book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“A pair of stage ‘twins’—who turned out to be the girls in yellow—did a baby act in costume and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls. The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn.”
“I was still with Jordan Baker. We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter. I was enjoying myself now.”
“I had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound.
At a lull in the entertainment the man looked at me and smiled.
‘Your face is familiar,’ he said, politely. ‘Weren’t you in the Third Division during the war?’”
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Lemon Garlic Lobster Tails
Ingredients
- 4 lobster tails
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 2 large cloves garlic crushed
- 1 tsp granulated garlic
- 1-2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Lemon slices to serve
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
Instructions
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Combine butter, wine, garlic, lemon juice and salt in a microwave safe bowl and microwave until warm, 45-60 seconds.
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Using a kitchen shears, cut through the lobster shell in a line all the way to, but not through, the flipper bit at the end.
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Pull the meat from underneath the shell and lay on top of the shell (this is easier to watch, there are several good tutorials on YouTube, search 'lobster tails').
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Heat a broiler to high; brush lobster tails very generously with butter mix; cook until just slightly less than completely opaque, 5-8 minutes depending on the lobster size, until lobster meat is tender.
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Sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately with the lemon wedges and the leftover warm butter mixture as dipping sauce.