Name: Mini lobster rolls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cooked large lobster tail (about 225gm); 100 gm mayonnaise; 2 spring onions, thinly sliced; 1 celery stalk, finely diced; 2 tbsp finely chopped chives; To taste: lemon juice; 4 small bread rolls (see note); 2 tbsp melted clarified butter; 1 tsp Espelette pepper (see note); To serve: salted potato crisps, lemon wedges and Tabasco

Long, lazy summer lunches call for lobster rolls – and you can’t beat these mini crustacean buns from beachside behemoth Coogee Pavilion.

Ingredients

1 cooked large lobster tail (about 225gm)

100 gm mayonnaise

2 spring onions, thinly sliced

1 celery stalk, finely diced

2 tbsp finely chopped chives

To taste: lemon juice

4 small bread rolls (see note)

2 tbsp melted clarified butter

1 tsp Espelette pepper (see note)

To serve: salted potato crisps, lemon wedges and Tabasco

Method

Main

1.Remove lobster from shell and dice into 1cm pieces. Combine with mayonnaise, spring onion, celery and half the chives in a bowl and season to taste. Adjust acidity with lemon juice as needed.

2.Trim sides of each bun, to create flat surfaces and toast each side in a frying pan with clarified butter until golden (1-2 minutes). Cut halfway down from top of each bun and stuff with lobster mix. Sprinkle with Espelette pepper, chives and stuff a few crisps in each one for crunch. Serve with wedges of lemon and Tabasco.

Note Coogee Pavilion uses mini bread rolls from Bread Top bakery; substitute any soft dinner rolls. Espelette pepper, a Basque dried, flaked chilli, is available from Herbie’s. Substitute with a mixture of cracked black pepper and cayenne.
Notes

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Ingredients

Method

Main

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