Lobster and Poached Egg in a Mushroom Fricassée Recipe
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 1 lobster, 550-600 g (1 1/4 lb.)
- 4 nice ceps (porcini mushrooms)
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) chanterelles
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) girolles
- 1 shallot
- 1/8 bunch chervil
- 4 large fresh eggs
- 50 ml (3 Tbsp.) white vinegar
- 40 g (8 tsp.) butter
- 50 ml (3 Tbsp.) hazelnut oil
- salt and pepper as needed
- garlic and thyme as needed
- 1 shallot
Sauce
- 1 tomato
- 1 shallot
- 3 white mushrooms
- 1/2 celery stalk
- 100 ml (6 Tbsp.) cognac
- 500 ml (2 cups) cream
- 1 knob of butter
Method
Poached eggs
- Bring some unsalted water to a boil; add the white vinegar and let simmer lightly.
- Break the eggs, one at a time, into a ramekin.
- Gently slide the eggs into the simmering water and cook for 1 minute.
- Refresh the eggs in cold water once cooked.
Mushrooms
- Wash the mushrooms several times in plenty of water. Drain well.
- Heat an unoiled skillet and sauté the mushrooms briskly to get rid of the water.
- Finely chop a shallot; sweat it; coat the mushrooms in the shallot.
- Season with salt and chopped chervil.
Lobster
- Roast the lobster in a cocotte for 7 minutes at medium heat.
- Shell it and set aside to keep warm in the fresh butter.
Sauce
- Crack the lobster head. Sauté in butter.
- Once colored, add the chopped shallot, thinly sliced white mushrooms and celery; let everything sweat.
- Flambé with cognac and reduce until dry.
- Add the cream and chopped fresh tomato. Cook for 20 minutes and strain.
- Reduce to the desired consistency; correct the seasoning.
Presentation
- Pour a drizzle of sauce onto a plate and place the poached egg in the center.
- Surround with pieces of lobster and some of the mushroom fricassee.
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