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Breton Lobster in its Shell with Ricotta and Wild Mushroom-Stuffed Ziti Recipe
 
 
Breton Lobster in its Shell with Ricotta and Wild Mushroom-Stuffed Ziti
Christopher Coutanceau, Restaurant Coutanceau, France
Christopher Coutanceau, Restaurant Coutanceau, France
Flavors of Charente Maritime
Total time: more than 2 hours

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: More than 2 hours

 
Difficulty: Requires a certain dexterity
Chef's Note

Original title : Breton Lobster in its Shell with Ricotta and Wild Mushroom-Stuffed Ziti and Lobster Coral Sauce

Ingredients
Lobster
- 1/2 Lobster per person, claw shelled
- Lobster butter
- Espelette chili

Sauce for 4 servings
- 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) lobster heads
- 1 onion
- 1 fennel bulb
- 4 tomatoes
- 30 ml (1 oz.) cognac
- 1 sprig of tarragon
- 1 sprig each of thyme, bay, rosemary
- 100 ml (6 tbsp.) olive oil
- 50 g (3 tbsp.) butter
- 5 g (1 tsp.) peppercorns
- 50 ml (3 tbsp.) white wine
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 liters (8 cups) fish stock

Garnish for each serving
- 1/2 poivrade artichoke cooked in the jus
- 1 white asparagus
- 2 bunches of cherry tomatoes, sautéed raw

Ingredients for the stuffed ziti, for each serving
- 5 x 5 cm (2") ziti (large pasta tubes)
- Milk
- Vegetable juice

Filling
- 250 g (9 oz.) Ricotta
- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) chopped mushrooms
- 1/2 bunch chives, chopped
- 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
- 5 confit tomatoes, chopped
Method
  1. Preparing the lobster
  2. Cook the lobster in its shell in the lobster butter lightly seasoned with Espelette chili.

Making the sauce

  1. Sauté the lobster heads in a little olive oil.
  2. Deglaze with cognac; flambé and reduce until the liquid has evaporated. Add the white wine and reduce again. Add the chopped fresh tomatoes, garlic, fennel and onion (all coarsely chopped) and the herbs. Cook over medium heat until the water they exude has evaporated.
  3. Add the fish stock and cook over low heat for 1 1/2 hours.
  4. Let infuse for about 30 minutes off the heat; strain.
  5. Whisk in some lobster butter.

Stuffed Ziti

  1. Cook the pasta in the milk; drain and cool.
  2. Sauté the mushrooms in a skillet.
  3. Combine all the ingredients for the filling and stuff the ziti.
  4. Reheat in vegetable juice to give them good flavor.

Garnish

  1. Garnish with artichoke, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, fried bay leaf and a tomato tuile.
 
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