Thanks guys. I take the hint, if you guys don't know detailed info on smoking lobsters it isnt advisable to blow a $55 lobster on experimenting!!!
Make the lobster watch a Graham Norton marathon. It will happily take it's own life.
Yup totally agree, I'm going for the less painful (for the lobster) metod of Freezing for 2 hours!
To be really posh go for white wine instead of beer.
Sorry; that's as posh as I can be.
The missus has already picked out a Jacob's Creek Reserve Sparking Chardonnay Pinot Nior to quaff!!!!
YOu can smoke lobster but cold smoke it only or it will get tough (I used to do a tea smoked lobster as a soup garnish and used oolong tea to smoke).
I'm not a tea fan but I've seen this done a few times. I tihnk you're right about the toughness, all recipes I can find involve high heats.
The only BBQ recipe I could find was on the BBQ Guru website:
BBQ Bob's Smoked Lobster
Purchase fresh, live 1 1/4 lb. lobsters.
Fill a 3-4 qt. sauce pot with water and season with your favorite rub. ( In this case I used Dizzy Pig's Tsunami Spin.
Once water boils, ask the lobster's if they would like to go for a swim. If they refuse, push em in!
Boil for exactly 4 minutes and pull them out of the water.
Using a heavy, sharp knife, cut the shell of the lobsters from head to tail.
Spoon in Rosemary Butter Mash from front to back. (recipe below)
Set smoker to 350 (using the Guru of course) and place lobsters directly on grate.
Throw in 1 handful of Apple/Cherry blend wood chips.
Cook for 4 minutes and place lobsters upside down in disposable pan. Cook for 4 more minutes.
Melt Rosemary Butter Mash until it become a liquid serve with Lobster.
Rosemary Butter Mash:
1/2 stick of real salted butter
3 sprigs of fresh Rosemary clean from stems and roasted
1 teaspoon fresh chopped garlic
1 pinch of favorite rub
1 pinch of black pepper
Melt butter slightly until it is able to mash with fork. ( Do not let it melt to a clear oily consistancy.
Add other ingredients and mash throughly with fork
Never smoked one... Dang sure love 'em on the grill. That's what I would do.
Yup, in the end after going through loads of recipes we're going to wing it.
I've made up a butter of grated lemon rind, a little lemon juice and crushed garlic and popped it in the fridge. I thought I'd boil the lobster for about 20mins (it's 1.3 Kg) and then allow to cool. Split in two and remove all the guts etc etc, brush with the butter and pop on the grill to warm through.
Thanks for all your help......lets hope I don't screw it up!!
