Les Castelets Lobster Salad With Ginger

Name: Les Castelets Lobster Salad With Ginger
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 4 lobsters, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds each; Salt to taste if desired; Lettuce leaves; 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar; 1/2 cup walnut, hazelnut or olive oil; 2 tablespoons candied ginger cut into small cubes; Freshly ground pepper to taste

By Craig Claiborne

Total Time: 35 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings

4lobsters, 1¼ to 1½ pounds each
Salt to taste if desired
Lettuce leaves
2tablespoons red-wine vinegar
½cup walnut, hazelnut or olive oil
2tablespoons candied ginger cut into small cubes
Freshly ground pepper to taste

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Preparation

Step 1
Bring enough water to boil to cover lobsters. Add salt to taste. Add lobsters and let cook 7 minutes if 1¼-pound lobsters are used or 10 minutes if lobsters are larger. Drain.
Step 2
Remove meat from tail and claws of lobster. Cut tail meat into rounds or medallions.
Step 3
Arrange neat pattern of lettuce leaves on 4 salad plates. Arrange equal amount of rounds of lobster meat symmetrically around the lettuce. Arrange claw meat in center.
Step 4
Put vinegar in mixing bowl and add oil, beating with wire whisk. Add ginger, salt and pepper and stir to blend.
Step 5
Spoon sauce over all and serve.