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Delmonico’s Original Lobster Newburg Recipe

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: lobster, Lobster Newburg Recipe
Servings: 6 People

Ingredients

  • 2 to 2½ lbs lobster meat (ShopLobster’s Claws & Knuckles recommended)
  • 8 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 pint cream
  • 3 tbsp Madeira wine
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 1/4 tbsp cayenne pepper

Instructions

  • Cook six lobsters each weighing about two pounds in boiling salted water for twenty-five minutes.
  • Twelve pounds of live lobster when cooked yields from two to two and a half pounds of meat with three to four ounces of coral.
  • When cold detach the bodies from the tails and cut the latter into slices, put them into a sautoir, each piece lying flat, and add hot clarified butter.
  • Season with salt and fry lightly on both sides without coloring.
  • Moisten to their height with good raw cream.
  • Reduce the heat quickly to half.
  • Then add two or three spoonfuls of Madeira wine.
  • Boil the liquid once more only, then remove and thicken with a thickening of egg yolks and raw cream.
  • Cook without boiling, incorporating a little cayenne and butter.
  • Then arrange the pieces in a vegetable dish and pour the sauce over.
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