How to Cook Lobster Stew

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 30 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Lobster Stew:

• 1 lb lobster meat, roughly chopped into 2’’ chunks
• 1 cup Spanish onion, diced
• 2 cups potatoes, diced
• 1 tbsp chives, finely chopped
• 1 ½ cups carrots, diced
• 1 ½ cups celery, diced
• 1 tbsp fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped
• 2 cups lobster stock, store-brought
• 1/3 cup sherry wine
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 pint heavy cream
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Cooking instructions for Lobster Stew:

• Spoon the butter into a stock pot and melt it over slow flame until it foams up.
• Stir in the onion and cook over moderate heat, stirring often, until it caramelizes nicely.
• Pour in the lobster stock as well as water and plop in rest of the veggies.
• Sprinkle the chopped parsley into it, followed by a dash of cayenne pepper, salt as well as ground black pepper to taste and give them a good stir to mix well.
• Bring the stew to a rolling boil and then reduce it to a simmer.
• Cook over moderate heat for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are fork-tender.
• Empty the cups of milk into the simmering stock and stir it into the mixture along with cream until well combined.
• Bring the stew back to a boil and lower down the heat right away.
• Heat a splash of extra virgin olive oil in a clean skillet over moderately high flame until it becomes smoking hot and toss the lobster meat pieces into it.
• Sprinkle a dash each of seasonings over them to taste and sauté for few minutes or until the meat is heated through.
• Pour in a large bout of sherry to deglaze and tip the contents of the skillet into the simmering stew.
• Stir them into the stew and adjust the seasonings if necessary.
• Remove from heat and ladle the stew into serving bowls.
• Serve warm.

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