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Homard Gratiné au Fromage

Name: Homard Gratiné au Fromage
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings, one lobster each
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 480 ml dry white vermouth; 480 ml water; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 1 medium carrot, thinly sliced; 1 stalk celery, thinly sliced; 6 sprigs parsley; 1 leaf bay leaf; 1 tbsp dried tarragon; 2 tsp salt; 4 black peppercorns; 4 live lobsters, about 565 g each; 45 g unsalted butter; 30 g all-purpose flour (4 tbsp); 120 ml heavy cream; 50 g Swiss cheese (Gruyère or Emmental), finely grated; salt and white pepper, to taste; 15 g unsalted butter, cut into small dice; 1 bunch watercress; 400 g potatoes, cut into shoestrings and fried

Whole lobsters steamed over vermouth and aromatics, the reduced steaming liquor turned into a light Swiss-cheese velouté, the meat sliced back into the shells under the sauce and browned until bubbling.

Yield4 servings, one lobster each
Hands-on55 min
Total1 h 30 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Steaming

480 mldry white vermouth
480 mlwater
1large onion, thinly sliced
1medium carrot, thinly sliced
1 stalkcelery, thinly sliced
6 sprigsparsley
1 leafbay leaf
1 tbspdried tarragon
2 tspsalt
4black peppercorns
4live lobsters, about 565 g each

Sauce

45 gunsalted butter
30 gall-purpose flour (4 tbsp)
120 mlheavy cream
50 gSwiss cheese (Gruyère or Emmental), finely grated
to tastesalt and white pepper

Finish

15 gunsalted butter, cut into small dice

To serve

1 bunchwatercressoptional
400 gpotatoes, cut into shoestrings and friedoptional

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Crustacean shellfish
Celery
Sulfites
Lobster
Wheat
Grapes
Nightshades (any)
Potato (white)
Onion family (any)
Onion
Cabbage family (any)
Watercress
Carrot
Parsley
Tarragon
Bay leaf
Black and white pepper
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh

Texture

Creamy

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Summer

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 4
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: high
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: high

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