Lobster Roll with Hollandaise

Difficulty:

1/5

Ease of Preparation: Medium
Yield: 2 servings

How do you dial a lobster roll up to eleven? Make it butter-poached lobster, smother it in decadent lemon-spiked hollandaise sauce, and serve it warm… Not enough? Then try topping it off with caviar! This Lobster Roll with Hollandaise is the perfect brunch recipe for those days when you want to indulge!

Ingredients:

For the hollandaise:

2 tablespoons (30 mL) lemon juice
2 egg yolks (reserve whites)
½ pound (277 g) clarified butter, warm
Salt and white pepper
Warm water, as needed, to adjust texture

For the lobster roll:

2 tablespoons (30 mL) butter, divided, plus more for toasting bun
Reserved egg whites
2 whole lobsters (cooked) or 1 (1-pound/454 g) can of fresh lobster meat
4 lobster roll buns
½ bunch chives, chopped
Lemon wedges, to serve
Black (mullet) caviar, to garnish

Method:

For the hollandaise:

Set up a double boiler by fitting a bowl over a pot of boiling water. Combine the lemon juice and the yolks in the bowl and whisk together until the mixture resembles a soft meringue. Turn off the heat, leave the bowl over the double boiler and slowly whisk in the warm butter. Adjust the texture, as needed, with a few drops of warm water. Season with salt and set aside.

For the lobster roll:

Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-low heat. Fry the egg whites gently, until just cooked, use a spatula to break the whites into smaller pieces.

Remove the lobster meat from the shells, reserve shells for soup stock (if you like). If using canned fresh meat, strain off liquid and check to make sure there are no stray bits of shell or cartilage.

Add the lobster meat to the cooked egg whites in the warm butter and allow the lobster to come up to serving temperature. Add the chives.

Meanwhile, griddle-toast the rolls with butter until golden brown.