Lobster Beach Bake Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 Maine Lobster Tails 6/8oz
• Approx. 2 quarts water (enough to cover all ingredients)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2-4 ears sweet corn, shucked
• 2-4 small boiling onions, skins removed
• 8-12 small red potatoes, scrubbed & washed

Directions:

1. In a 6-quart pan, bring water and salt to boil. Place vegetables in boiling water. Cover and simmer 8 minutes.
2. Plunge lobster into water with vegetables (add more hot water if necessary). Return to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer lobster (approx 18-20 minutes. Start timing when you first see steam from the pot.
3. Pull lobster from pot, drain and cool 5-10 minutes.
4. Remove vegetables just before serving.

Razor Clam Steaks

6 razor clams
2 cup buttermilk (this is the secret for lovely, tender razor clams)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup fresh toasted bread crumbs
1/2 cup uncooked polenta (corn grits)
1/2 cup cornmeal
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
Tartar sauce

Preparation Instructions

1. Sprinkle the neck of the razor clams with meat tenderizer and pound with a meat mallet 4 or 5 times.
2. In a flat dish, stir together the buttermilk, salt and pepper. Lay the clams in the buttermilk and refrigerate for several hours.
3. In a flat dish, stir together the flour, bread crumbs, polenta and cornmeal. Lift the clams out of the buttermilk and let excess milk drain off. Dredge the clams in the flour mixture and lay on a wire rack to dry for a few minutes.
4. Preheat the oil in a deep pot or wok to 375 degrees F. When the oil is hot, fry the clams, 2 at a time, for 1 minute. Lift from the hot oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Let oil reheat for a minute or 2 before adding more clams. Serve hot with tartar sauce.

Herb-Stuffed Oysters

12 large fresh oysters in shell
2 tbls margarine or butter
2 tbls lemon juice
2 tbls onion, finely minced
1 tbls dried tarragon
1/4 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
1/8 tsp hot pepper sauce (Tabasco)
1 10 oz package frozen spinach, thawed and chopped
2 tbls Parmesan cheese, grated

Preparation Instructions

1. Remove lid of oyster shells
2. Place a single layer of oyster shells in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. (Nestle shells in rock salt or on crumpled foil to secure.) Place one oyster in each shell.
3. Squeeze all the moisture out of the spinach
4. Melt margarine or butter with lemon juice, onion, tarragon, lemon pepper, and Tabasco in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute until soft, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Top each oyster with a generous tablespoon of spinach mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
6. Bake at 450 F. until cheese is golden brown, about 10 minutes.

Lobster Newburg

2 cups cooked lobster meat, preferably lobster tail meat
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
salt and pepper
1 1/2 cups milk
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons sherry
1/4 pound mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Preparation Instructions

1. Saute mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter for three minutes. Set aside.
2. Melt 3 tablespoons butter over low heat. Add flour, salt and pepper and stir for 1 minute until bubbly. Remove from heat and stir in milk.
3. Return to heat, stirring until it reaches a boil. Combine half the sauce in a bowl with the egg yolk. Pour it all back into the saucepan, stirring. Add sherry, lobster meat and mushrooms.
4. Heat and serve garnished with parsley.