LOBSTER BUTTER - MASTER CHEFS

      Title: LOBSTER BUTTER - MASTER CHEFS
  Categories: Spreads
       Yield: 6 Servings
  
   2 1/2 lb Lobster
       2 tb Butter, clarified
       1 sm Onion, coarsely chopped
       1    Carrot, peeled and coarsely
            -- chopped
       1    Celery stalk, trimmed and
            -- coarsely chopped
       1    Garlic clove, peeled,
            -- crushed
     1/4 ts Thyme, dried
     1/4 ts Tarragon, dried
       1    Bay leaf
       2 tb Cognac
       3 lb Butter, unsalted
     1/3 c  Tomato paste
  
        Steam or boil lobsters until just tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
   
        Cool, then remove all lobster meat from shells. Refrigerate meat,
   covered; set aside.
   
        In large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons clarified butter. Add
   onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme, tarragon, and bay leaf; toss
   over high heat 3 minutes.
   
        Add lobster shells, stirring; then add 2 tablespoons Cognac and
   stir for 3 minutes.
   
        Add butter and tomato paste and simmer gently, covered, 2 to 3
   hours.
   
        Strain, pressing solids firmly.  Set aside for 15 minutes.
   
        Skim any froth from surface and strain again through several
   layers of dampened cheesecloth, leaving behind any milky residue in
   bottom of pan (discard residue.) Cool, then chill or freeze in small
   containers.
   
        Source:  New York's Master Chefs, Bon Appetit Magazine
        :  Written by Richard Sax, Photographs by Nancy McFarland
        :  The Knapp Press, Los Angeles, 1985
   
        Chef:  Stanley Kramer,  Oyster Bar and Restaurant,
        :      Grand Central Station, NYC
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