Ingredients
Filling:
- 2 live lobsters, 1 pound each
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
Stock:
- Lobster shells from above
- 1 carrot
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 small onion, peeled
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- Water to cover
Sauce:
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 ounces white truffle butter
- Dash lemon juice
- Dash hot pepper sauce
- Dash Worcestershire sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
Egg wash:
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon milk
Pasta:
- 4 sheets fresh pasta, 18 inches by 24 inches
Garnish:
- 2 tablespoons caviar or flying fish roe
- 1 tablespoon chives, chopped
Directions
Boil lobsters in lightly salted boiling water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove and cool in cold water. Remove meat from shells and chop into small diced pieces, set aside. Rinse the lobster bodies (from above) under running water to remove the green tomalley. Combine with the vegetables, tomato paste, and garlic in a small stock pot. Cover with cold water (just enough to cover shells and vegetables). Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 hours. When done, strain, then reduce over medium high heat until thick and dark (watch it carefully, as you get near the end). You should have about 1/2 cup liquid. Set aside.
While the stock is cooking, prepare the sauce. Heat the wine and chicken stock together. Bring to a boil, then reduce until almost dry (about 1/4 cup). Add heavy cream, reduce by 1/2 then add the truffle butter with a whisk until well incorporated. Finish with a dash of lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and salt and pepper. Keep warm until ready to use.
Combine the chopped lobster meat, the tarragon and the lobster stock. Mix well, add salt and pepper to taste.
Whisk together the egg yolk and milk for the eggwash. Lay out the pasta sheets and brush with the egg wash. Divide the lobster filling evenly into 32 parts and place it onto the sheets in rows 6 inches long by 3 inches wide, to make 32 pieces. Cut with a round or scalloped edge cutter and place on a tray covered with parchment paper and dusted with cornmeal. Pinch the edges of the ravioli together to seal them well or you can use a ravioli tray to make them. You can make the raviolis ahead of time and freeze them, or use them fresh.
Cook the raviolis in boiling, lightly salted water, about 5 to 10 minutes, until pasta is al dente. Drain. Toss with the truffle sauce, serve in bowls, and garnish with a sprinkle of caviar and chopped chives. Parmesan cheese is not recommended for this dish as it interferes with the flavor of the sauce.
















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By gevinich
on April 27, 2011
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Amazing dish!
I made everything from scratch, so it took me almost a day to finish, but 1 I learned techniques that I can use elsewhere (wine reduction 2 I made a bigger batch and froze the ravioli and 3 scored big points with real foodies.
By kim_hamberg_112...
Lenox, MA
on March 03, 2011
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Once I finally figured how to make raviolis this became one of my great entertaining recipies. EVERYONE is impressed by Lobster and Truffle. You can make everything ahead of time and finish my warming reduction and adding the finishes to it while your raviolis cook. I keep a few in my freezer all the time now.
By RoncoNorma
andover ma
on December 15, 2009
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This recipe is fabulous! Made it for a special Christmas dinner party. I cooked 2 - 1-1/2 pounds lobsters but kept the rest of the stock measurements the same. I couldn't find truffle butter, although Emeril has a recipe for it on this website. I wanted some pieces of truffle in the sauce, so I bought a product called 'Trufka' Truffle Pearls, found it at whole foods in the caviar section (about $16. It's actually truffles but looks like caviar. Perfect for this recipe. I doubled the sauce recipe, I used the whole jar of Trufkas. I just added the required amount of butter and about 2 teaspoons of truffle oil. (Also found it at whole foods - $13 I made the raviolis and froze them, boiled them for about 5 minutes, when they float to the top, they're done. The raviolis tasted like something from a 5 star restaurant, superior flavor. If you want to wow your guests, make this!
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