Cauliflower Soup with Lobster Dumplings

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4 ounces butter

4 tablespoons shallots, minced

1 head cauliflower, greens removed, head cut into small pieces

Salt

6 cups lobster or chicken stock

Lobster dumplings, recipe follows

1 cup heavy cream

1 pinch nutmeg

3 (1 1/2 pound) whole lobsters, cooked, meat removed from shell, 1/2 cup tail meat reserved for dumplings, tail meat sliced into rounds

1 tablespoon truffle oil

Lobster Dumplings:

1 1/2 cups white bread crumbs

1/2 tablespoon softened butter

1 egg beaten

2 teaspoons chopped tarragon

1/2 cup chopped cooked lobster meat

Milk, to bind

Salt and ground white pepper