Recipe courtesy of Ben Ford
Lobster BLT
- Level: Easy
- Total: 25 min
- Prep: 25 min
- Yield: 4 sandwiches
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- Level: Easy
- Total: 25 min
- Prep: 25 min
- Yield: 4 sandwiches
Ingredients
Aioli:
4 roasted garlic cloves
1 large egg yolk*
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
For assembly:
1 pound cooked lobster meat, preferably Maine lobsters
1/2 pound melted butter
8 slices country white bread, toasted
Pea Aioli
8 slices applewood smoked bacon, cooked
12 oven-roasted tomatoes
1/2 cup pea sprouts
1 1/2 avocados, sliced
Directions
- Mash garlic into a paste. Whisk together yolk, lemon juice, and mustard in a bowl. Combine oils and add, a few drops at a time, to yolk mixture, whisking constantly, until all oil is incorporated and mixture is emulsified. Whisk in garlic paste and season with salt and pepper, to taste. If the aioli is too thick, whisk in 1 or 2 drops of water.;
Assembly:
- Warm lobster in melted butter and set aside. Toast white bread. Smear with aioli. Layer bacon, lobster, tomatoes, sprouts and avocado.
