Grilled Lobsters With Italian Style Stuffing Recipes

DEVILED PORTUGUESE GRILLED LOBSTERS

Steps:

• Prepare the lobsters (see Cook's Note). Preheat a grill to medium.
• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage and cook until the fat begins to render, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Pour about half of the butter-oil into a bowl and keep warm; leave the sausage in the skillet. Add the panko to the skillet; cook, tossing, until crisp and golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in the parsley, chives and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
• Brush the lobster tails and cavities with some of the reserved butter-oil; season with salt and pepper. Firmly pack the breadcrumb mixture into the cavities and onto the tails; drizzle with more of the reserved butter-oil.
• Place the lobsters on the grill shell-side down; cover with a disposable aluminum pan and cook until the shells turn red and the stuffing is crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley; serve with lemon wedges and the remaining butter-oil for dipping.

GRILLED LOBSTERS WITH ITALIAN-STYLE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine garlic, lemon zest, basil and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Slice lobsters in half lenghwise and break claws. Spread basil mixture over each lobster half on the cut side. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Heat barbecue to medium-high.
• Place lobster halves, shell-side down, and claws on the oiled barbecue grill. Cook for 6 to 7 minutes, or until the shell is very red and the meat is opaque and easily pulls away from the shell. Cook claws for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
• At serving time, sprinkle toasted pine nuts and Romano cheese over lobster and then drizzle with a thin stream of extra virgin olive oil. Serve with rice or risotto and a green salad.

GRILLED LOBSTER

Steps:

• In a large pot boil about 2 gallons of water.
• Add one live lobster and cover.
• Cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove lobster with tongs and return water to boiling.
• Add 2nd lobster.
• Cook three minutes and remove with tongs.
• Turn lobsters upside down and cut lengthwise from the tip of the tail through the head (you may need to use poultry sheers to cut the tail portion of the shell).
• Place lobster halves, shell side down, on a medium hot grill and baste with butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Cover grill and cook for about 8-9 minutes or until the meat in the thickest part of the tail turns opaque.
• Serve with melted butter in dunking bowls and lemon wedges.

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH CREAMY CHILI VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Mix first 8 ingredients in medium bowl. Whisk in 3/4 cup oil. Season vinaigrette with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain. Rinse under cold water to cool. Drain. (Can be made 2 hours ahead.) Set aside.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-low heat) or preheat broiler. Brush lobster tails with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Place lobster tails, meat side down, on grill. Grill 3 minutes. Turn over; grill until meat is opaque in center, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate. Tent with foil.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add pasta, chives and parsley; toss until heated through. Place pasta on plates. Top with lobster. Garnish with lemon. Serve with vinaigrette.
• *Available at Asian markets and in many supermarkets.

GRILLED LOBSTER TAILS WITH GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine butter, minced garlic, hot sauce, and pepper in a bowl; mix until fully combined. Set aside.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Butterfly lobster tails by cutting lengthwise through the centers of the hard top shells and about halfway through the top of the meat with kitchen shears. With your fingers, press shell halves of the tails apart. Flip them over, and insert a skewer down the lobster tail so that the tail is easier to remove after cooking and doesn't curl up. Brush tails with olive oil and season with salt.
• Place lobster tails on the preheated grill with the cut shell sides down; grill until shells are bright in color, 5 to 8 minutes. Flip and spoon 1 tablespoon butter mixture onto the butterflied meat through the cut in the shell. Grill until lobster meat is an opaque white color, 4 to 7 more minutes, basting once more with butter mixture.
• Remove lobster tails from the grill and serve with more garlic butter and lemon wedges.

GRILLED STUFFED LOBSTER WITH GINGER BUTTER

Steps:

• Kill the lobsters by plunging a large chef's knife into the joint where the head meets the body. Halve the lobsters lengthwise and cut off the claws. Set aside. Discard the sac on each half lobster near the head. Also remove the the long white strip along the meat, which is the intestines. Remove the lobster roe and reserve.
• In a bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, tarragon, 4 tablespoons butter, the lobster roe, salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Brush the meat of the lobsters with vegetable oil and place them, meat side down, over the fire, along with the claws. Cover and cook about 5 minutes.
• Flip the lobsters and the claws and fill the cavities where the roe was with the breadcrumb mixture. Place one tablespoon of butter and the shallots in a saucepan and place over the grill. Cover the grill and continue cooking.
• When the butter in the saucepan is melted, about 2 minutes, add two tablespoons of white wine vinegar and 2 tablespoons grated ginger. When the vinegar has reduced, another 2 minutes, add 2 tablespoons heavy cream and stir well. Bring to a boil, reduce by half, then stir in remaining butter. When all the butter has melted, remove sauce from heat and keep warm.
• Return the cover and cook the lobster about 8 more minutes. Serve each guest a lobster half with sauce over the meat, and a claw.