Citrus Buttered Lobster Tails Recipes

Steps:

• Cut the lobster tails down the center through the meat but not all the way through the shell.
• Fold over butterfly style.
• Combine remaining ingredients and brush over the meat.
• Put some foil over your grill and place the tails, shell side down on the foil.
• Cook, covered, for about 14-16 minutes until the meat is firm and white.
• Brush occasionally while cooking.
• Loosen the meat slightly before serving and brush one last time with the citrus butter.
• NOTE: We broiled instead of grilled.
• Used a broiling pan with the broiler on low, with the tails about 6 inches from the heat source and watched them the entire time.
• We serve with the remaining citrus butter.
• You may choose to make extra.

Steps:

• Split lobsters, reserve tails, and season. Steam claws and shock in an ice bath. Clean claw meat to be free of all shell and shell fragments, chop, and reserve for the pancake mix.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a saute pan, heat oil to smoking hot, saute leeks until translucent. Add chicken stock, and reduce liquid until nearly dry. Season with salt and pepper.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat eggs slightly, add melted butter, and buttermilk. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture, and fold together, adding half-and-half to make it a pancake batter consistency. Add shallot, chives, and parsley, and season with salt and pepper. Be careful not to overwork the batter.
• Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat. Set ring molds in the pan and spray well with nonstick spray. With a small ladle, add approximately 1 ounce of the batter in the bottom of the ring molds. Place the braised leeks and some of the chopped lobster on top of the batter, and add more batter on top of the lobster. When browned on the bottom, carefully invert the pancake, to brown the top. Cook for about 1 minute, and then place in the oven until the center is done. Test doneness by placing a toothpick into the center of the cake. It should be dry when removed.
• In a saute pan, add 3 pounds melted butter and on a low-medium flame heat the split tails flesh side down until flesh cooks enough to become firm. Turn tails over so that the shell side is down to finish cooking (remember not to cook too high of a heat so that milk solids in the butter evaporates too quickly-otherwise you "fry" the lobster tail rather than poaching it).
• Place sauce in middle of plate. Place lobster pancake in the pool of sauce. Wrap the 2 cooked lobster tail halves around themselves to hold each other in place on top of pancake. Garnish with petite sorrel.
• In a saute pan reduce white wine and shallots until nearly dry. Add heavy cream and reduce to a thick consistency. Slowly add butter whisking continuously on medium heat. Do not bring to a boil. Add juices and season with salt and pepper. Strain.

Steps:

• There are three steps to this recipe, and you will want to try to do them all simultaneously.
• In a large pot boil 2 cups water, 2 cups pink grapefruit juice, and 1 cup orange juice. When it starts steaming, put in both lobsters for 20 minutes. Do not overcook. Remove lobsters and remove meat from the shells.
• While lobsters are cooking, boil orzo in a pot of salted water for 8 minutes until al dente. Do not over cook.
• In a pan, saute 1 cup pink grapefruit juice, lemon zest, cream, pepper, and freshly squeezed orange juice. Put on medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the al dente orzo to the mixture in pan. Add cleaned lobster meat and sugar. Toss over heat for 2 minutes and serve.

Steps:

• Light the coals in a fire pit 1 hour before cooking or preheat a gas or charcoal grill.
• Using kitchen shears or a sharp knife, cut through the top shell lengthwise. Cut a slit through the meat lengthwise taking care not to cut through the bottom shell. Gently pull the shells apart. Thread a skewer, starting at the underside base of the tail, along the inside of the bottom shell. Brush the meat with 1/4 cup of the clarified butter. Wrap the lobster tails in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the lobster meat is opaque.
• Place the remaining clarified butter in a butter warmer or dipping bowl. Remove the meat from the lobster shells and dip in the Clarified Butter.
• In a small, heavy bottomed saucepan, heat the butter over medium-low heat. Pour the mixture into a 2-cup glass measuring jug. Let the melted butter stand for 5 minutes. Using a spoon, remove the foam from the top of the butter. Place the lemon zest in small bowl. Pour the clarified butter over the lemon zest and discard the milk solids left in the bottom of the jug.
• Yield: 1 1/4 cups

Steps:

• Lobster -- Take each tail, flesh side up and cut down the center of the tail. DO NOT cut all the way through the shell, you just want to cut the meat, so the good butter sauce can get all the way into the meat.
• Butter -- Simply mix the butter, orange lime and pineapple juice, orange and lime zest, shallot, honey, garlic and cilantro. If you want you can use a small food processor to do this, but I just mix it by hand. Transfer to a small bowl and set to the side. You will need to melt this to brush on the lobsters. I just melt mine in the microwave - 10-15 seconds is all you need.
• Grilling -- I start with the tails wrapped in a foil pouch so they don't dry out too much. Just add each tail to a piece of foil, shell side down, and butter the flesh side well. Wrap up each tail and put on the grill. I cook around 5-8 minutes (depends on the size of the tail) and then open up the foil pouch, remove the tail and finish on the grill. Brush again with the butter and put flesh side down on the grill. Cook 2 minutes, flip and finish cooking shell side down. When you flip the lobster, make sure to brush with the butter again. Cook another couple of minutes. You want the flesh opaque, firm to the touch and the shell red in color.
• Serve -- Serve a little extra butter on the side if you want. The lobster meat will pull right out of the shell. ENJOY!

Steps:

• Partially thaw lobster tails.
• Cut down the center of the shell and through the meat but not through the undershell.
• Spread tail open, butterfly style.
• Combine all other ingredients and brush over lobsters.
• Place tails on foil on the grill, underside down.
• Grill 15-20 minutes or until meat loses its translucency and can be easily flaked.
• Loosen meat from shell.
• Brush with butter mixture before serving.