Lobster a l'Americaine

Cost	Serving	Preparation	Cooking
	4	10 minutes	20 minutes

Preparation:


• Select 2 or 3 small-sized lobsters; plunge them alive in boiled water.
• Remove the pincers and legs.
• Cut each body into 4 to 5 pieces.
• Put half a glass of olive oil in a large saucepan, and brown your lobster over a fast heat for 10 minutes, sprinkling with salt and pepper.
• Then add 2 shallots, and a small clove of minced garlic to brown with butter.
• Add a full glass of white wine, half a glass of Cognac, flambe them and stir from time to time.
• Then add 2 spoons of thick tomato sauce with half a glass of gravy sauce and a bunch of mixed herbs (parsley, thyme, bay leaves).

• Cook over a slow heat for 10 minutes.
• Place your lobsters pieces in a deep dish.
• Add to the sauce a knob of butter, with a pinch of Cayenne pepper, and the juice of one lemon.
• Stir and pour the sauce over the lobsters.