FIORDLAND LOBSTER RECIPE
2 Pre-Cooked Fiordland Lobster, thawed
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
150g butter, softened
1 large red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 small thumb ginger, [approx. 2cm x 2cm] peeled and finely grated
Finely Grated Zest of a Lime
¼ cup coriander leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 cup good quality mayonnaise
Zest & Juice of a small lemon & the same of a lime
Salt & Pepper
Fresh Lime wedges, crusty bread and extra coriander for serving
TO MAKE THE CHILLI GINGER BUTTER:
With a wooden spoon, stir butter until it creamy. Mix in chilli, ginger, lime zest and chopped coriander to combine
evenly. Dollop onto baking paper, form into a small log, twisting ends tight and refrigerate until needed.
FOR THE LIME MAYONAISE
In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise with lemon and lime zest and juice. Taste, season & set refrigerate until needed.
FOR THE LOBSTER
Split thawed crayfish tails in half lengthways & remove any green or black waste from the body cavity.
Heat a barbecue or grill pan to a medium to high heat and if your BBQ doesn’t have a hood, heat oven to 200°C.
Drizzle the cut side of the tails with a little oil and grill cut side down for 1-2 minutes until nice coloured grill marks
appear. Place tails cut side up and dot with fine slices of the chilled chilly butter. Put them on an oven tray at this point
if you can’t pull the hood down.
Bake tails for 2-3 minutes to finish heating through and melt the butter.
Serve immediately with the Lime Mayo & crusty bread to mop up the juices.
