Austrian Lobster Cocktail Recipe - Cooking Index
Austrian Lobster Cocktail Recipe - Cooking Index
A specialty of the Franziskaner in Vienna.
Type: Fish, Shellfish| 2 cups | Mayonnaise | |
| 2 tablespoons | Tomato sauce | |
| 1 1/2 lbs | Lobster tail meat - roughly chopped | |
| 1 lb | Onion - finely diced (medium) | |
| 2 | Anchovy fillets - finely chopped | |
| 2 teaspoons | Capers - finely chopped | |
| 2 | Sweet gherkins - finely chopped | |
| 1 tablespoon | Finely-chopped parsley - plus more to garnish | |
| 1 | Hard-boiled egg - white finely chopped | |
| Yolk shaved with side of knife | ||
| 1 teaspoon | Worcestershire sauce | |
| Hot sauce - to taste | ||
| 1 tablespoon | Orange juice | |
| 1/2 | Lemon - juiced | |
| Salt - to taste | ||
| Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
| 2 teaspoons | Mustard | |
| 2 teaspoons | Horseradish | |
| 1 teaspoon | Paprika - plus more to garnish | |
| 1/2 teaspoon | Cayenne | |
| 1 tablespoon | Dry sherry | |
| 1 tablespoon | Cognac | |
| 1 tablespoon | Cointreau | |
| Lettuce - finely sliced | ||
| 20 | Shrimp - cooked, peeled | |
| Lemon wedges - to garnish |
Place mayonnaise in bowl on top of crushed ice. Add tomato sauce and 9 ounces lobster meat. In separate bowl, combine onion, anchovy, capers, gherkins, 1 tablespoon parsley, and egg white and yolk. Add this to lobster mayonnaise. Add Worcestershire sauce, several shakes hot sauce, orange juice, lemon juice, salt and pepper, mustard, horseradish, 1 teaspoon paprika, cayenne, sherry, cognac and Cointreau. Combine all ingredients carefully.
Season lettuce with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Divide among 10 champagne glasses. Place remaining lobster on top of lettuce then cover with lobster mayonnaise. Garnish with 2 shrimp, parsley, paprika and a lemon wedge. Serve cold.
This recipe yields 10 servings.
Source:
THE GALLOPING GOURMET with Graham Kerr - (Show # GA-0244) - from the - TV FOOD NETWORK
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