Fillet topped Lobster Tail and Seared Scallops (w/ pics)

Sure has been fun learning how to catch and cook bugs. Last night we had 9 friends over to enjoy a lobster feed. Here are the pics and directions on how I cooked everything:











Starter Green Salad:
Mixed greens, cubed apples, red onions, candied pecans, craisins and crumbled goat cheese.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes:
Small red potatoes (skin on) cubed and boiled. Strain and let sit in strainer until water as evaporated. Meanwhile, sautee lots of garlic and yellow onion in butter with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Mash this with the potatoes and 1/2 stick butter and 1/2 cup whole milk or heavy cream. add in fresh chopped chives and thyme - mash more. Keep sautee pan with some of the sauteed left overs for searing scallops.

Lobster
Add very small amount of water (1/4 cup to every 4lbs of butter) to a pot and bring to boil. Turn heat way down and start adding small cubes of butter while whisking. The idea is to not let the butter separate. Keep adding butter, whisking and adjusting heat so that butter melts but doesn't separate until all butter is used (we used 4 lbs last night). Add lobster tail meat (no shell) to cook in butter.

Fillet Mignon
Leave meat out for 30 min with salt and pepper on both sides. Bring pan to very high temperature. Sear the meat quickly on both sides and place in over at around 300 degrees for 15 minutes. Should be rare in middle when cut and added to top of lobster tail.

Scallops
Add oil to pan you used to sautee the garlic and onion. Heat on high and hard sear one side of scallop, flip and only sear for 15 seconds on other side. Middle should still be raw, but warm. Place hard seared side up.

Plate,  and feast!

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If I get the phone close to my mouth, I can almost taste it!

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If I get the phone close to my mouth, I can almost taste it!

bahaha I'm just wondering what bystanders are thinking about you eating your phone...

Thanks for the pictures and recipe TK 

Looks amazing, got my mouth watering!

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If I get the phone close to my mouth, I can almost taste it!

bahaha I'm just wondering what bystanders are thinking about you eating your phone...

  

Looks absolutely delicious! I should not be looking at this while hungry at work.

Yes Damm I almost can't take posts like this. True love and hate

That just looks horrible! 
(Jealous)

Looks awesome, but I think you need to use more butter!

Wow! Yum! Great job on writing the cooking method and ingredients. There is much love in preparation of those dishes.

Wow! Yum! Great job on writing the cooking method and ingredients. There is much love in preparation of those dishes.

My Pleasure! More to come!