Best 7 Grilled Spiny Lobsters With Bahamian Curry Sauce Recipes

CURRY LOBSTER

Steps:

• Add the oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the curry powder with a wooden spoon until toasted and fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes.
• While stirring, gradually add the onions. Cook for about 2 minutes, and then add the garlic. Cook until translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the lobster and 2 cups water. Stir to combine the ingredients, then cover the pan and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the lid and add a pinch more curry powder if needed to deepen the color.
• Remove the cover and add the bell peppers, scallions and thyme. Stir to incorporate all the ingredients and let cook at a low simmer, uncovered, for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the Scotch bonnet, 2 pinches of salt and 1 pinch of black pepper. Add the butter and stir to melt, then remove from the heat and serve.

HERB-GRILLED SPINY PACIFIC LOBSTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Preheat the grill to high.
• Split lobsters; butterfly from the top and remove intestines. Rinse head area in cold water to remove any waste matter.
• In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons olive oil, and all of the garlic and chopped herbs. Set aside.
• Brush lobsters lightly with remaining oil and grill for approximately 5 minutes, meaty side down. Turn halfway through for grill marking and even cooking. Remove lobsters from grill, and place on a sheet pan, meaty side up. Coat with the herb and garlic mixture and season with salt and pepper. Place 2 pieces of butter on each lobster tail and put in the oven for approximately 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mix the clarified butter mixed with the lemon juice. Drizzle over lobster as a sauce. Garnish with lemon wedges.

GRILLED SPINY LOBSTER WITH LUMP CRAB CEVICHE

Steps:

• For ceviche, combine all ingredients and refrigerate for 2 hours. For marinade, combine all ingredients except lobster. Brush on lobster 30 minutes prior to grilling. For cilantro lime sauce, puree in blender all ingredients but olive oil and salt and pepper. When ingredients are combined slowly add olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. To assemble, stack 2 lobster tails, top with mound of ceviche and drizzle sauce around dish and plate. Garnish with fresh cilantro and chives.

SPINY LOBSTER WITH SANTA BARBARA CHANTERELLES AND LEMON PANCETTA RIESLING SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling water, blanch lobsters for 2 minutes, then shock in ice water. Once the lobster is chilled, remove the tail from the head and split the tail in half. Remove the meat and discard the shell. Season the lobster meat with the salt and pepper and set aside.
• In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook pancetta in olive oil. Once the pancetta begins to brown, add the seasoned lobster meat. Sear the lobster on all sides, then reduce heat and cook until the lobster is slightly underdone, about 2 to 4 minutes.
• Remove the lobster from the pan and add the chanterelles. Saute the chanterelles lightly, then add the shallots. Deglaze with the Riesling and reduce to 2 tablespoons, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken stock and reduce to about 1/4 cup. Add the cream and bring to a boil, then finish with the butter, lemon juice to taste, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• To serve, place braised greens (if using) in the center of each plate. Place 2 lobster tail halves on top and dress the plate with the sauce. Serve with braised greens, if desired.

SPICE RUBBED BAHAMIAN LOBSTER TAIL WITH RED CHILE-COCONUT SAUCE

Steps:

• For the sauce: Heat oil in a medium saucepan over high heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the garlic, ginger and chile de arbol and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the stock and roasted red pepper puree, and cook until reduced by half. Add the coconut milk and cook again until reduced by half, stirring occasionally. Add the lime juice, honey and cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• Remove from the heat.
• For the lobster tails: Whisk together all spices in a medium bowl.
• Bring a large stockpot filled with salted water to a boil. Add the lobsters and parboil lobsters for approximately 12 minutes.
• Remove and place in a bowl of ice water. Drain well. Remove the meat
• from the tail and cut into 1-inch pieces. Dredge the lobster meat in spices and tap off the excess.
• Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a large saute pan over high heat until shimmering. Add the lobster and cook until golden brown on all sides.
• Ladle some of the Red Chile-Coconut Sauce onto a large platter and top with the lobster meat. Garnish with cilantro leaves.

GRILLED CRAYFISH (OR SPINY LOBSTER) WITH DRESSINGS

Steps:

• Regardless on the size of your crayfish, they are best cooked whole. This way the carapace acts like an oven itself, whereby the shell heats up and bakes the flesh inside.
• However, if you are cooking a fairly large crayfish it's advisable to split it down the back with a sharp heavy knife. This will help it to cook quicker and make it more manageable to serve once it's cooked.
• I love cooking it on a barbecue, but it can be cooked just as well at home under a domestic grill, if split in half. Cooking times will vary, but a whole crayfish of around 1 to 1 3/4 pounds will take about 15 to 20 minutes above a hot barbecue, turning it around to cook through evenly. If the crayfish is halved, it will take between 10 to 15 minutes. A large crayfish, around 2 pounds, will take 25 to 35 minutes and if split, about 15 minutes.
• Serve grilled crayfish very simply with a little olive oil and lemon juice, or melted butter. However, the following dressings add a little oomph to this delicious meat.
• Place all of the above in a blender and puree to a thick dressing. Taste for seasoning, then let rest for at least 30 minutes before serving.
• Heat the butter in a small pan, when it?s bubbling add the onion and chile and cook over a moderate heat until the onion just begins to soften, about 2 minutes. Take it off the heat, stir in the juice, cilantro, and salt. Serve immediately.

SPINY LOBSTER WITH CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the grill to high.2. If using lobster tails, cut them in half lengthwise with kitchen scissors or a sharp, heavy knife use a fork to remove the intestinal vein running the length of the tail. If using live lobsters, kill each by inserting a sharp knife in the back of the head between the eyes this will dispatch them instantly. Cut the lobsters in half lengthwise and remove the vein and the papery gray sac from the head. Break off the claws and crack with a nutcracker. Set aside, covered in the refrigerator, while you prepare the Creole sauce. 3. Melt 2 tablespoons of the lard in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add the shallots, scallions, garlic, parsley, and thyme and sauté until the shallots and scallions are lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the ketchup, water, 2 tablespoons lime juice, and 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently, uncovered, until the sauce is thickened and nicely flavored, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and taste for seasoning, adding salt and pepper, lime juice, or hot pepper sauce as necessary the sauce should be highly seasoned.4. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons lard in a small saucepan over low heat and brush over the cut sides of the lobster tails or lobsters.5. When ready to cook, oil the grill grate. Arrange the lobsters with the claws (if any), cut sides down, on the hot grill grate and grill for 6 to 8 minutes. Turn, using tongs, and spoon on the Creole sauce, dividing evenly. Grill the lobsters on the shell sides until the flesh is firm and white, 6 to 8 minutes more.6. Transfer the lobster tails or lobsters to serving plates or a platter and serve immediately.Serves 4Note: Lard may seem like a strange, even off-putting ingredient, but it's often used for basting at French barbecues. Here it is used as a base for Caribbean lobster seasoning. You can certainly substitute melted butter or oil.