Recipe - Lobster Butter - Master Chefs

2 One half pound Lobster
2 tablespoon Butter, clarified
1 small Onion, coarsely chopped
1 Carrot, peeled and coarsely
chopped
1 Celery stalk, trimmed and
coarsely chopped
1 Garlic clove, peeled,
crushed
One fourth teaspoon Thyme, dried
One fourth teaspoon Tarragon, dried
1 Bay leaf
2 tablespoon Cognac
3 pound Butter, unsalted
1/3 cup Tomato paste

Steam or boil lobsters until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes.

Cool, then remove all lobster meat from shells. Refrigerate
meat, covered; set aside.

In large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons clarified butter. Add
onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme, tarragon, and bay leaf; toss
over high heat 3 minutes.

Add lobster shells, stirring; then add 2 tablespoons Cognac and
stir for 3 minutes.

Add butter and tomato paste and simmer gently, covered, 2 to 3
hours.

Strain, pressing solids firmly. Set aside for 15 minutes.

Skim any froth from surface and strain again through several
layers of dampened cheesecloth, leaving behind any milky residue in
bottom of pan (discard residue.) Cool, then chill or freeze in small
containers.

Source: New York's Master Chefs, Bon Appetit Magazine
: Written by Richard Sax, Photographs by Nancy McFarland
: The Knapp Press, Los Angeles, 1985

Chef: Stanley Kramer, Oyster Bar and Restaurant,
: Grand Central Station, NYC

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