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NEW from the mad max kitchen - shaking the tree bug burgers w/lots of pics
mad max beyond eggdome
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couple of weeks ago at work, a co-worker (and fellow foodie) was telling me about michael richard's (you remember the french judge from last fall's bbq challenge) new restaurant in DC. .and she told me how she had his "lobster burger", basically a crab cake, but made with lobster meat. ..and i says "that sounds great, bet i could do it on the egg with great results" ... so thats why i asked the question last week about partially cooking lobsters so i wouldn't overcook the meat when i grilled the 'burgers'. . ..so here goes:[p]first, the 'bugs' ...two 1 1/4 pounders, steamed with water and little apple cider vinager for only 7 minutes to partially cook them[p]
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[p]and here they are all shelled[p]
[p]and the meat all cut up about the size of lump crab (the 2 lobsters yielded about a pound of meat)[p]
[p]the rest of the ingredients:[p]1 heaping tablespoon of mayo
1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
1 egg
1 teaspoon of old bay
1 teaspoon dizzy pig shaking the tree (i went with this for the citrusy tones)
1 splash of worcestershire sauce
2 slice of white bread, crust removed and finely cubed[p]
[p]mix all the ingredients (less the bread)[p]
[p]add this to the lobster along with the bread and gently blend together[p]
[p]form into 4 'burgers' and then refrigerate for at least one hour (longer is better, helps them bind up)[p]
[p]set up large egg direct with fish grid at around 425 dome temp, oil grid with some olive oil, then lay on the burgers (careful, they are hard to hold together. ...[p]
[p]go about 5 minutes per side till nicely browned and crusty. ..if they do fall apart a little, its ok, just push them together gently with a spatula. ...serve on kaiser rolls that have been brushed with olive oil and toasted on the egg real quick after you take off the burgers[p]
[p]we served them up with a cold cous cous salad ..made some fresh tarter sauce for my wife, and some fresh cocktail sauce (ketchup/horseradish/lemon juice) for mine. .. [p]
[p]everyone agreed that these were most eggsellent and that i should do them again ....beware though, its not a cheap dinner!! . .. [p]ok, getting ready to throw on the pork butts for tomorrow's party!!. ..[p]
[p][p]and here they are all shelled[p][p]and the meat all cut up about the size of lump crab (the 2 lobsters yielded about a pound of meat)[p][p]the rest of the ingredients:[p]1 heaping tablespoon of mayo1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
1 egg
1 teaspoon of old bay
1 teaspoon dizzy pig shaking the tree (i went with this for the citrusy tones)
1 splash of worcestershire sauce
2 slice of white bread, crust removed and finely cubed[p]
[p]mix all the ingredients (less the bread)[p][p]add this to the lobster along with the bread and gently blend together[p][p]form into 4 'burgers' and then refrigerate for at least one hour (longer is better, helps them bind up)[p][p]set up large egg direct with fish grid at around 425 dome temp, oil grid with some olive oil, then lay on the burgers (careful, they are hard to hold together. ...[p][p]go about 5 minutes per side till nicely browned and crusty. ..if they do fall apart a little, its ok, just push them together gently with a spatula. ...serve on kaiser rolls that have been brushed with olive oil and toasted on the egg real quick after you take off the burgers[p][p]we served them up with a cold cous cous salad ..made some fresh tarter sauce for my wife, and some fresh cocktail sauce (ketchup/horseradish/lemon juice) for mine. .. [p][p]everyone agreed that these were most eggsellent and that i should do them again ....beware though, its not a cheap dinner!! . .. [p]ok, getting ready to throw on the pork butts for tomorrow's party!!. ..[p]Comments
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mad max beyond eggdome,
Looks good, how would you compare it to the crab cake, as good or not? -RP
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AZRP,
well, to be honest, i think i prefer a good crab cake, but both sydney and my wife really loved these and prefered them to the crab cakes (and they were both sceptical sitting down at the table tonight, so i really must have won them over. . .one thing for sure, the shaking the tree works great with these .maybe even better than the tsunami spin, which i've always thought really took the crab cakes over the top ...
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mad max beyond eggdome,
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mad max beyond eggdome,
I always seem to favor crab over lobster. Every year or so I get the urge to try lobster then wish I had saved the money and bought crab. BTW, I'm sending you an email. -RP
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mad max beyond eggdome,
Very cool Max, but I am with you, I like my lobster with drawn butter, and crab in my cakes. Great pictures.
Bob
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AZRP,
i won't get to read it till tomorrow morning ... that email is on my other computer. . .but i'll check it in the morning
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mad max beyond eggdome,
No problem, not time sensitive. -RP
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mad max beyond eggdome,[p]Great looking meal! Where did the fish grill come from? TIA
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Richard,
i actually got that one at the mothership, but you can pick one up just about anyplace. ..
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Hmmmmm.....[p]lobsters turned into burgers.[p]maybe tomorrow I will make some king crab hotdogs.[p]:)[p]If they are so plentiful that you can't figure out what to do with them next, I can send you my address again![p]ps - looks yummy! I may steal that recipe for the next batch of crab!
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AlaskanC,
you know, i don't know that they were the best use of expensive lobsters. . .the gang loved them though and said "do em again sometime", which is high praise from my bunch. . .no reason not to do em with some of those big spiders you have running around the yard!! . . .they'd probably be really good. ...
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mad max beyond eggdome,[p] If you got so dayum much money that you can turn lobster into burgers what were you complaining about paying for Hofstra for?[p]Ohhhh and I need a new Truck...
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mad max beyond eggdome, My favorite tarter sauce is with mayo and good & evil pickles,another kind is Tony Packo's, they are sweet and hot with big chunks of garlic. they have a nice mild bite. perfect on fish of any kind. Julie in Maine where the bugs run wild
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mad max beyond eggdome,[p]Those were Kosher lobsters ... right?![p]Smokey
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