Description

Love lobster? Make this amazing seafood dish at home for those special dinner occasions.

Ingredients

• three 1 1/2 lb. live lobsters
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• 2 T. plus 1 t. medium-dry Sherry
• 3 T. plus 1 t. brandy
• 1 1/2 c. heavy cream
• 1/4 t. freshly grated nutmeg
• cayenne pepper, to taste
• 4 large egg yolks, beaten well

Steps

1. Into a large kettle of boiling salted water plunge the lobsters, head first, boil them, covered, for 8 minutes from the time the water returns to a boil.
2. Transfer the lobsters with tongs to a cutting board; let them cool until they can be handled.
3. Break off the claws at the body; crack them. Remove claw meat and cut it into 1/2-inch pieces. Halve the lobsters length-wise along the undersides, remove the meat from the tails, discarding the bodies, and cut it into 1/2-inch pieces.