Meyer Lemon Lobster Cocktail Recipes

MEYER LEMON LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Remove lobster meat from shell. Skewer the lobster with a 10-inch skewer.
• Whip butter and lemon juice together to make lemon butter.
• Grill lobster skewers, brushing them with the lemon butter. Season with salt and pepper.Cool lobster.
• Remove lobster from 10-inch skewers and cut into 10 bite-sized medallions. Skewer each medallion with a frill pick.
• Mix together the limoncello and club soda.
• Serve skewered medallion in limoncello cocktail.

MEYER LEMON SPICY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Mix the lemon juice, tequila, triple sec, honey and diced jalapeno in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until very cold. Rub the lime slice around the rim of a glass and dip in salt to form a salt rim. Strain the drink into the glass.

WARM LOBSTER AND CRAB COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Remove the claws and tails from the lobsters. The bodies may be used for stock. Boil the claws for 4 minutes and the tails for 3 minutes, until they are just barely cooked with some translucency left in the middle. Remove the claws and tails from the shell, cut the tails into 3 even medallions. Put the 6 medallions and 2 claws in a small saucepan with the buerre blanc Warm the butter in a small saucepan and fold in the crabmeat and chives. Season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange 3 medallions on each serving plate, and put a spoonful of the crabmeat in the center. Top with a claw.
• Warm the green leek and blood orange sauces separately, and spoon each sauce around the lobster and crab.
• Reduce the shallots and white wine until almost dry in small saucepan. Add cream and reduce by half. Whisk in butter. Hold warm;
• In a medium saucepan bring the lobster stock to a boil. Stir in the leeks until all are submerged and cook 1 1/2 minutes until tender. Transfer to a blender and add the cubed butter. Blend until the butter is melted. Then add the ice cubes with the blender running. Blend until smooth. Pass through a chinois and season with salt and pepper. Finish cooling in ice bath.
• Juice the oranges and pass through a chinois. In a small saucepot, reduce to a syrupy consistency. Hold at room temperature

LOBSTER COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Have a large ice water bath standing by.
• In a shallow saucepan, add the white wine, butter and 2 cups water, along with a pinch of salt. Turn the heat on to medium-high. Once the liquid comes to a low simmer, add the lobsters and cook for about 8 minutes. Carefully remove the lobsters from the water and immediately plunge into the ice water bath; let sit until cool to the touch. Remove the lobster meat from the claws and tails and roughly chop. Keep chilled until ready to use.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the mayonnaise, sugar, celery, lemon juice, tarragon, salt and pepper, and stir to thoroughly combine. Add the chopped lobster meat and stir to combine.
• Place the brioche pieces on a sheet tray and put in the oven to toast, tossing every minute or so to toast evenly, about 5 minutes total.
• Evenly divide the bread pieces in the bottom of stemless cocktail glasses. Top with the lobster salad, tarragon and micro cilantro.

MEYER LEMON MARTINI

Steps:

• In a martini shaker combine all ingredients except the lemon slices and sugar with a generous amount of ice. Shake vigorously for a few seconds. Rub the rim of the glass with a lemon slice and dredge in the sugar. Strain the libation from the ice into a martini glass. Garnish with the lemon slices.

MEYER LEMON MARTINI

Steps:

• Combine 2 teaspoons sugar and warm water in a cocktail shaker; stir to dissolve sugar. Pour Meyer lemon juice, lemon peels, vodka, and orange liqueur into the shaker; add ice. Cover and shake vigorously.
• Remove a lemon peel from the shaker and wipe the rim of a martini glass with the peel. Dip the rim of the glass in 1 teaspoon sugar, or as needed. Strain martini into prepared glass.