Grilled Spiny Lobster Tails with Golden Tomato Relish and Lobster Butter
There are many ways to cure acne. My favorite, and what I consider the best acne treatment has to be a steady diet of sea food like Florida spiny lobster. Here is a basic, but delicious recipe.
4 live spiny lobsters
10 oz butter
2 cups vine ripened tomatoes, large dice
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
4 large leaves fresh basil, chiffonade
1 shallot, brunoise
1 clove garlic, minced
salt
fresh cracked pepper
* Kill the lobsters
* Remove the tail. Scrape any grit out of the head and chop the shell of the head in a food processor.
* Warm the butter in a small sauce pan with the lobster shell and cook on very low heat until the shells turn red. Strain through a china cap and chill.
* Combine the tomatoes, olive oil, red wine vinegar, basil, garlic, shallot, salt and pepper for the tomato relish and chill.
* Bring 4 quarts of well salted water to boil in a stock pot and boil the tails for 6 minutes.
* Remove the tails from the pot and, with kitchen shears, cut down the center underbelly of the tail. With a paring or utility knife, slice into the tail meat, expose the vein on top of the tail/meat and scrape it out.
* Salt and pepper the tails and brush them with butter.
* Grill on both sides until tail is fully cooked, about 5 minutes on each side, brushing the open side with butter.
Top tails with tomato relish and butter. Lobster butter may be formed into a roll and sliced or scooped with a melon baller. The butter is also good brushed on bruschetta to be grilled and served with the lobster tails.