| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 30 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 25 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 (6 to 8-ounce) packaged lobster tails, shell jumbo shrimp or prawns can be substituted
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 small white onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- Splash dry white wine or dry sherry
- 1/2 cup milk, eyeball it
- 1/3 cup grated white cheddar
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika or crab boil seasoning, recommended: Old Bay
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons bread crumbs
- Lemon wedges, for garnish
- Handful parsley leaves mixed with 2 cups baby greens, for plate garnish
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil, 3 or 4 inches deep. Add lobster tails to the water and boil 7 to 8 minutes. Drain and shock under cold water to cool. Use kitchen scissors to cut away soft underside of tails. Remove meat and save the shells, arranging them in a shallow casserole dish. Chop the cooked meat on an angle into chunks.
- Preheat your broiler to high.
- Heat a medium skillet and a small saucepot over medium heat. To the small saucepot, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add finely chopped onion and cook 3 to 5 minutes until very soft. To the skillet, add remaining 2 tablespoons butter. When the butter melts, add chopped lobster meat and saute.
- Add flour to sauce pot with onions and cook together another 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in wine or sherry, then milk. Remove sauce from heat and stir in cheddar cheese and paprika or crab boil. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over lobster meat and stir to combine. Pour lobster into and over the shells in a casserole dish and top with Parmesan and bread crumbs. Broil on high until golden, 2 or 3 minutes. Serve each tail, spilling over with lobster bits in sauce, on a bed of mixed baby greens and parsley with wedges of lemon along side.
- To make this dish with jumbo shrimp, cut up peeled, deveined raw shrimp. Saute the shrimp in butter, as with cooked lobster. Cook until pink and firm and proceed with method. Place the shrimp and sauce into a small casserole, then spoon completed shrimp Thermidor over bed of greens and parsley leaves.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 389 |
| Total Fat | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Carbohydrates | 10 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 3 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 300 mg |
| Sodium | 1016 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 4 servings |
| Calories | 389 |
| Total Fat | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Carbohydrates | 10 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 3 g |
| Protein | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 300 mg |
| Sodium | 1016 mg |
Reviews
First time making this type of dish and it came out wonderful, our entire family (including 2 teenage boys) loved it! Definitely will make again. Thanks so much!!
This was absolutely delicious! This made for a very special Valentine’s Day! I’ll definitely be making this again and next time try stuffing the lobster with a mixture of lobster and crab.
This is amazing
My first time making this and I LOVE it. I used extra sharp white cheddar cheese which enhanced the flavor even more. Now I need to learn how to remove the meat without destroying the shell…lol! Rachael is the real deal. Luv ya, Rach… thank you.
Awesome recipe! I shortened the poaching time to be certain the lobster didn’t get over cooked in the multi step cooking process. My husband loved it. I will definitely do this again.
This was Delicious!!! I’ve never had LTT before, nor even heard of it. I trusted the recipe because of the author. It was pretty easy to make and my BF and I absolutely LOVED IT!! Thank you, Rachel!!!!!
Easy to do and it looks special and elegant and tastes delicious
This recipe is absolutely out of this world good! Was relatively easy to make but adds such an incredible flavor to the lobster. Would recommend this over plain lobster tail and butter any day!
This guy must never had lobster. For those of us lucky enough to live in Florida, this recipe is the bomb!! I’ve had lobster every way imaginable. By far this is the cats meow. I added a little key lime to the lobster mixture and it’s killer. This recipe is great.
Great!