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Winter Recipe

Executive Chef Jürgen Spagolla

Lobster Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps

Other recipes can be found on our web site at www.trappfamily.com. Click on "Dining" and then "Recipes".

Jürgen Spagolla
Ingredients:
1 cup shallots
1 cup sliced celery
16 oz. butter
White wine to taste
1 cup sherry
2 oz. Ritz crackers, crushed
6 oz. tomalley - optional
24 oz. lobster meat
8 oz. crab meat
Parmesan cheese to taste
2 tsp. lobster base
Salt & pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup freshly snipped
chives
16 Portobello
mushroom caps
8 oz. baby greens
2 cups Sherry walnut
vinaigrette (see recipe below)

Preparation

  1. Sauté shallots, celery in butter.
  2. Add white wine and sherry. Bring to a boil.
  3. Pour over crushed crackers. Add tomalley, lobster meat, crab meat, parmesan cheese, lobster base, salt and pepper.
  4. Mix everything very well, let cool down for 1 hour.
  5. Fold in parsley and chives.
  6. Remove gills from the inside of the mushroom cap with a soup spoon. Divide the lobster filling between all mushroom caps and press the filling gently into the mushroom cap.
  7. Bake portobello mushrooms for 10 minutes @ 350°.
  8. Warm lobster claw in a sauté pan with teaspoon of butter. Place one claw on top of mushroom for garnish.
  9. Toss greens with the vinaigrette and place on a large plate.
  10. Cut portobello mushrooms in 1/2 and stack next to the greens.

 

Sherry Walnut Vinaigrette

Ingredients:
1/4 cup of sherry vinegar
1 shallot onion
1/4 cup beef stock
1 tbsp. dijon mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup canola oil
1/4 cup walnut oil

Preparation

  1. Put vinegar, shallot onion, beef stock, mustard, salt and pepper in a blender. Turn on high until the shallot is finely chopped, reduce speed to medium.
  2. Slowly add the canola and walnut oil.

 

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