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Flambé lobster in a frying pan

Course Seafood
Cuisine French
Servings 4 pers

Equipment

  • Frying pan
  • Frying shovel
  • Putty shovel

Ingredients
  

  • 4 well-fed lobsters Do not boil the lobster before cooking. It must be prepared immediately after killing with a knife.
  • 20 gaps confit garlic
  • 2 tbsp Provencal herbs
  • 1 tbsp paprika powder
  • 100 gram butter
  • olive oil
  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • Serve with rice

Secret spirit mixture for the flambéing

  • 6 cl cognac
  • 4 cl gin
  • 2 cl Martini Bianco (or other vermouth)

Instructions
 

Confit garlic

  • Take two whole garlic cloves and press them against a worktop. Put the loose wedges with skin in a pan and cover with a good olive oil. Then cook slowly on a low heat for up to an hour so that they become really soft and nice. Allow to cool in the oil and use the garlic within 24 hours.

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Keyword Seafood