How to prepare a cooked lobster
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Published 2017-01-03
The king of the crustaceans, lobster is a delicacy that commands a very high price, with white, firm meat that is sweet and succulent.
Before it is cooked, lobster shell has a very dark colour, with tints that range from blue/green to red/purple - it gains its distinctive deep red brick colour only when it's cooked.
You'll need a large bowl for the shells, a lobster pick or skewer, kitchen scissors, something heavy like a rolling pin or handle of a large knife, plus lots of kitchen paper.
Don't throw away the shells as they can be used to make delicious stock! They also freeze really well so you don't have to use them straight away.
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All Comments (21)
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Larry Has left the chat
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...the rolling pin trick to remove the meat from the small legs is an absolutely brilliant idea!
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I was always taught that lobster shells retain so much flavour they can be boiled several times for stock, found this to be very true!
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Finally someone mentions removing the digestive tract. I’ve watched several videos like this and you’re the first to say to remove it. This video should be first in the search results!
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very clear instructions - thank you so much
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Amalthea way you prepared the lobster especially the little legs with a rolling pen thought that was amazing thankyou
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Excellent. prepared a lobster before and this video made it easy - it all went exactly as on the video. First class help without the frills. Thanks
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Have just prepared lobsters after watching this video - nice clear instructions and it was very easy to do. Thanks :)
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This is the best video I have seen how to prepare a cook lobster, Thanks Barney.
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excellent demonstration
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Thank you for posting this clear demonstration.
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As a pro you make it look so easy....Thank you indeed for this presentation - John
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Brilliant. Absolutely clear.
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We used your video this evening to prepare our lobster! Thank you very much!
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Never ever prepared until today well done with that video spot on
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Thanks chef very very helpful..
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excellent clear instruction.
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Wow lobster very cool
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Love this
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I’m going for it this Xmas but I feared the de shelling stuff. I feel better now. Thanks 👊🏻
