Lobster Potato Salad
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients |
Quantities |
| Live Atlantic Canada lobster | 1 (500 g) |
| OR | |
| Lobster meat | 125g |
| Yukon Gold potatoes (precooked,diced in 1 cm cubes) | 2 |
| Scallions finely diced | 2 |
| Diced celery | 1/2 cup |
| Lemon juice | 1/2 lemon |
| Lemon zest | 1/2 lemon |
| Paprika | 1/2 tsp |
| Fresh parsley – chopped | 2 Tbs |
| Mayonnaise | 1/2 cup |
| Sour Cream | 1/4 cup |
| Salt and pepper | To taste |
Method:
- Cook lobster by plunging it into 6 litres of well-salted boiling water for 10 minutes. Remove and cool in cold water immediately.
- Shell lobster, removing the meat and reserving some of the lobster juice.
- Dice lobster meat in bite-sized pieces; reserving a few morsels for decoration.
- Combine lobster with the remaining ingredients. Stir to incorporate and serve chilled.
- Serve over a bed of greens, decorating with lobster morsels.
Note: To retain all of the natural flavour of Atlantic Canada seafood products, always defrost them in the refrigerator and never rinse them under cold water.
For additional lobster flavor, combine a small quantity of reserved lobster juice with the sour cream, adjusting consistency with mayonnaise.
Recipe courtesy of Chef Stefan Czapalay
