The Atlantic Surf
Canadian lobster & carabinero prawns, garlic-herb butter
Draft recipe. This method has not yet been cooked and timed against a finished box by our chef. Times and weights will be confirmed before the first Founding 100 delivery.
In the box
- ·1 Canadian lobster, cooked, split (approx. 500 g)
- ·6 carabinero prawns, head on, raw
- ·Garlic-herb butter puck
- ·Parsley
- ·1 lemon
From your kitchen
- ·Olive oil
- ·Flaky salt
- ·A heavy pan or griddle
- ·An oven
Method
- 01
Know which is which
The lobster arrives cooked — it needs warming only. The carabineros arrive raw and need 2 minutes. Two different things on one plate, and the mistake is treating them the same.
- 02
Heat the oven to 200 °C
Take the lobster and prawns out of the fridge 15 minutes ahead.
- 03
Butter the lobster and warm it
Split side up on a tray, the garlic-herb butter worked into the tail meat and the joints. 6–8 minutes at 200 °C — until the butter is bubbling and it is hot through. It is already cooked; you are melting butter into it, not cooking it.
- 04
Sear the carabineros — 1 minute a side
Screaming hot pan, tiny bit of oil. They are done the moment the shells turn scarlet and the flesh turns opaque. They are small and they overcook in seconds.
- 05
Squeeze the heads. Do not skip this
The heads hold a deep red roe that is the best thing about a carabinero. Squeeze it out into the pan butter and swirl. This one move is what separates this dish from a nice prawn.
- 06
Plate
Lobster and prawns on a warm platter, the roe butter spooned over, parsley, flaky salt, lemon.
Watch this
The two proteins have completely different needs. Warm the cooked lobster gently; flash the raw prawns hard and fast. Give the prawns four minutes because the lobster is having eight and they will be cotton wool.
At the table
- —Another hands dish. Crackers, picks, finger bowls.
- —Serve the prawns heads on. Anyone who knows them will go for the heads first.
- —Straight from pan to table.
The Founding 100
We compose. Your kitchen cooks.
The Atlantic Surf arrives raw, portioned and chilled, with this card in the box. AED 350 per person.