| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 45 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Inactive: | 35 min |
| Cook: | 5 min |
| Yield: | 12 hors d’oeuvres |
Ingredients
- 2 cups tomato-vegetable juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons lemon-flavored vodka
- 1 teaspoon horseradish (freshly grated or prepared)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3 shakes hot sauce
- Salt
- 1/2 pound cooked and chopped lobster meat
- 4 tablespoons good quality, fruity olive oil
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
- 3 tablespoons chopped chives
- Salt and freshly ground white pepper
Instructions
- Make the Granite: Combine all ingredients and season with salt, to taste. Pour into a shallow container and place in the freezer. Run a fork through the granite every 30 to 45 minutes, while it is freezing, to obtain a nice, granular texture.
- Make the Lobster Salad: Fold all of the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Keep refrigerated until ready to assemble.
- To assemble the hors d’ oeuvres, fill up the shot glasses 3/4 of the way with the lobster salad, top with the granite, and serve with cocktail forks.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 12 servings |
| Calories | 77 |
| Total Fat | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 1 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Sodium | 138 mg |
Reviews
I made this appetizer and got rave reviews! Everyone loved it…it’s lobster, who wouldn’t? It was so easy; I had the seafood market steam the lobster tails for me so they would be cooked perfectly. It was fun to use my shot glass collection for something functional, too. I will make it again for the Fourth of July; classic!
can I make this recipe one day in advance?
My friend and I have made this 5 or 6 times and each time it got rave reviews. We have also made it with crab meat and shrimp and garnished with colored bell peppers and celery or very thinly sliced lemon wedges. Perhaps the previous reviewers that wanted more kick used plain tomato juice instead of V-8. V-8 also comes in a spicy version that would probably be good also.
Such a classy appetizer!
This appetizer really impressed my guests. The presentation is so fun and it is really easy to prepare. However, I found that the granite was a little too bland and I added more horseradish. I will make this again but next time I would probally use 1/2 the amount of tomato juice recommended.
This is a wonderful summer appetizer! Both the salad and granite would be fabulous on their own, but together they’re magic. If you don’t have enough shotglasses, try serving in small liqueur/cordial glasses. The unfrozen granite would be a delicious bloody mary mix on its own, maybe with a little celery salt added for additional kick.