Boiling a Lobster
Ingredients
1 lobster3 ounces of asparagus
5 or 6 cherry tomatoes cut in four
Unsalted butter
Fresh basil
2 pinches of sugar
2 ounces of fennel
Garlic
1 ounce shallots
Black pepper
2 pinches of salt
1 jalapeno
5 ounces of whipped cream
2 ounces of brandy
7-8 ounces of linguini
Instructions
1. Cut fresh fennel in four and place it in boiling water. Place the live lobster in the boiling water for 10 minutes. Take it out and place it in a bath with ice.
2. To cut the lobster, start from the half till the end in the back and cut it in half. Remove the shell and cut the tail into 6 or 7 pieces.
3. Cut the tomatoes, fennel and asparagus. Place the butter and sugar in a pan. Let them melt together, then add the fennel. Saute the fennel for 7-8 minutes to carmelize them.
4. Put water into a pot, add salt and place it on medium heat. Let it come to a boil. Add the linguini pasta slowly into the water and start stirring. Let the pasta cook for 9-10 minutes.
5. Place a pan on high heat. Place one ounce of unsalted butter, one ounce of shallots and garlic mixed together, two ounces of asaparagus, two ounces of tomatoes, one ounce of caramelized fennel, a pinch of salt and pepper and a jalapeno cut in half in the pan. Saute for a couple of seconds and then add the brandy and whipped cream. When the brandy disappears from the pan, add the lobster. Mix the pasta in with the other ingredients. Plate and serve.
