Butter Poached Lobster, Shrimp Potato Salad & Mango Sauce

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Butter Poached Lobster, Spicy Shrimp Potato Salad & Mango Cocktail Sauce

Butter Poached Lobster

Ingredients:

One 8-oz. lobster tail per person, cut in half
1 lb. butter, clarified

Preparation:

Submerge lobster in a pot with clarified butter. Cook on low heat approximately 10 minutes until butter begins to boil and tails are cooked through. Remove from butter and chill. After lobster has cooled, remove meat from shells and dice into large pieces.



Spicy Shrimp

Ingredients:

2 T red chili
2 T ancho chili
2 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. cumin
2 oz. canola oil
2 oz. shrimp plus 1 jumbo shrimp per person

Preparation:

Place spices in a steel bowl and add canola oil to make a paste. Marinate shrimp in spices. Heat grill or grill pan. Grill shrimp for 3 to 4 minutes until cooked on each side; remove from heat. Peel shrimp. Put aside 1 jumbo shrimp per person to be used as a garnish. Dice the rest of the shrimp for use in the potato salad.




Spicy Shrimp Potato Salad

Ingredients:

1 lb. Yukon potatoes, peeled and diced
2 oz. diced Spicy Shrimp
1 oz. fresh red pepper, finely diced
1 oz. fresh green pepper, finely diced
1/2 oz. red onion, finely diced
1 oz. celery, finely diced
1/2 oz. green onion, finely diced
2.5 oz. fresh mayonnaise
7 cilantro leaves, minced
5 fresh basil leaves, minced
Kosher salt to taste
Black pepper to taste

Preparation:

In salted boiling water blanch potatoes until soft, a bit more than a normal potato salad so they will blend well with the seafood. Strain and cool to room temperature. Add all remaining ingredients; season to taste.



Mango Cocktail Sauce

Ingredients:

2 mangoes, peeled and diced
8 cilantro leaves
1 T red chili
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. kosher salt
3 oz. fresh horseradish
Juice from 1 fresh lime

Preparation:

Place all ingredients in a blender and mix until smooth.

Assembly:
Place martini glass on plate, fill with lobster and drizzle with Mango Cocktail Sauce. Garnish glass with fresh lime wedge and chive. Ring mold potato salad next to martini glass. Garnish with reserved whole shrimp. Dot Mango Cocktail Sauce on plate.