Soups, Salads & Sides

Rock Lobster Risotto

Rock Lobster Risotto

Ingredients

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups finely diced leeks
2 tablespoons brandy
2 cooked lobsters, claws & tail meat halved and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup finely diced fennel
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups Arborio rice
1/4 teaspoon lemon zest
1/2 cup white wine
8 cups lobster stock, warmed
2 tablespoons chopped chervil, plus sprigs
kosher salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

In saute pan over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Add 1 cup leeks. Cook 5 minutes. Add cognac and simmer, stirring, for 1 minute. Add lobster meat and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

In risotto pan over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter with oil. Add fennel and cook 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup leeks and cook 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Stir in rice and zest; cook 2 minutes. Add wine and stir until absorbed. Add stock and stir constantly. After 35 to 45 minutes, stir in lobster meat mixture except for claw meat. Stir in 2 tablespoons chervil and season with salt.

Divide risotto among 4 bowls and top each with claw meat. Garnish with chervil sprigs.

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