Lobster Cobb Salad

Recipe courtesy Wolfgang Puck, 2004

Show: Wolfgang Puck's Cooking ClassEpisode: Healthy Entree Salads

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Total Time:
55 min
Prep
35 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 3 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch pieces
  • 1 medium onion, quartered
  • 8 sprigs thyme
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 (1 1/2-pound) lobsters
  • 1/2 pound bacon, chopped
  • 6 hard-boiled eggs, chilled
  • 1/2 pound haricots verts, end trimmed and cut into 1/4-inch pieces
  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 2 hearts romaine, trimmed, cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 1/2 pound yellow and red grape tomatoes, halved
  • 4 ounces Roquefort, crumbled
  • Salt
  • Cobb Salad Dressing, recipe follows

Directions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the celery, onion, thyme, vinegar, and black pepper and boil for 10 minutes. Add the lobsters, cover, and simmer for 8 to 10 minutes, until shells are bright red and lobster is cooked through. Remove the lobsters from the water and immediately shock in ice water to stop the cooking. Shell the tail and the claws and cut the meat into 1/2-inch chunks. Reserve.

Cook the bacon until crisp. Drain on a paper towel lined plate and set aside.

Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Pass each separately through a medium strainer or food mill. Reserve.

Blanch the haricots verts in a small saucepan of salted boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and shock in ice water. Drain well and set aside.

Peel avocados, discard seeds, and cut into 1/2-inch chunks. Place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Reserve.

In a mixing bowl, add the romaine and season with salt and pepper. Add 1/3 cup of the dressing and toss. Divide into 4 serving plates. Arrange the toppings in strips on top of the salad mix, starting on 1 end with the bacon, haricots verts, egg yolk, lobster, egg white, tomato, and avocado. Sprinkle the cheese all over the top. Serve the remaining dressing on the side.

Cobb Salad Dressing:

Combine shallot, Dijon, and vinegars in a large bowl and whisk well. While whisking, slowly drizzle in the oils until it is incorporated into the dressing. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

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  • on June 11, 2007

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    Very good salad. We made the dressing also. The nice thing is the dressing doesn't over power the rest of the salad including the lobster.

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  • on March 15, 2005

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    I'm too chicken to boil a lobster, so I did this with crab and shrimp. It was outstanding. The dressing was a snap to make and really complemented the shellfish.

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  • on January 29, 2005

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    It was the best I have had and I will make it again.

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