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Baked Lobster Savannah:
- Plunge a 3 pound lobster into boiling water.
- Poach it for about 30 minutes.
- Remove the lobster to drain and cool.
- Cut off the claws and legs so that only the body is left.
- Hold the lobster with its top side up and cut an oval opening in the top of the
- shell from the base of the head to the tail, using kitchen shears.
- Remove all the meat from the body and claws.
- Cut the lobster meat into cubes.
- Put it in a buttered baking dish.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Bake the lobster in a moderate oven (375ºF) for for 20 minutes.
- Drain off the liquid.
- Prepare 1 cup cream sauce.
- Enrich it with 2 egg yolks and 2 or more tablespoons Sherry according to taste.
- Add the lobster meat, 1/2 cup chopped fresh mushrooms and 1/4 cup diced green pepper.
- Cook the mixture over medium heat while stirring constantly, for about 15 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Stir in 1 red pimento (sliced), 1 teaspoon paprika and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pile the filling into the lobster shell.
- Sprinkle it with a mixture of 1/4 cup each of fresh bread crumbs and grated
- Parmesan cheese.
- Place the lobster on a shallow pan.
- Bake it in a moderate oven (375ºF) for 15 minutes or until the topping s golden.
- Arrange the lobster on a hot serving dish.
- Sprinkle it with several teaspoons of Sherry.
- Garnish it with lemon wedges.
List of ingredients required:
- 3 pound lobster.
- 1 tablespoon butter.
- Salt.
- 1 cup cream sauce.
- 2 egg yolks.
- Sherry.
- 1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, chopped.
- 1/4 cup green pepper, diced.
- 1 red pimento, sliced.
- 1 teaspoon paprika.
- Pepper.
- 1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs.
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated.
- Lemon wedges.