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BROWN BUTTER MAINE-STYLE LOBSTER ROLLS

Delicious fresh lobster tossed in brown butter and light mayo, freshly squeezed lemon juice, chopped celery and old bay seasoning.Bring a taste of summer to your table with these Maine-Style Lobster Rolls!




Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Lunch
Servings: 4
Author: the communal feast

Ingredients

  • 4 brioche hot dog buns
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ½ cup to 1 cup of mayo Depends on your preferences, we like to dress the lobster with a small amount of mayo
  • Juices from 1 freshly squeezed lemon
  • sea salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • old bay to taste (about ½ tablespoon
  • paprika to taste about ½ tablespoon
  • 1 pound cooked Maine lobster meat cut into medium-sized pieces
  • 2-3 celery stalks chopped into small pieces
  • 1-2 green onions chopped into small pieces

Instructions

  • 1. Melt the butter into a non-stick skillet over medium heat until golden brown. Once the brown butter starts to smell nutty and has turned dark in colour its ready. Remove the skillet from the heat and set aside.
  • 2. Once you have your lobster out of the shell and ready to dress, pour the browned butter into a small bowl leaving enough butter a side to brush the inside of the brioche buns. Gently toss the lobster in the butter. (We just want to lightly dress the lobster in butter since we will be adding mayo as well). Next add the mayo, fresh lemon juice, green onions, celery, salt & pepper, paprika, and old bay.  and salt.
  • 3. Mix everything together and chill in the refrigerator for at least 5 minutes. (I personally prefer the taste of chilled lobster salad but we’ll leave this up to you)
  • 4. Brush the brioche buns with the leftover brown butter, spoon lobster meat into the buns.
  • 5. Garnish with old bay seasoning and extra green onions.
  • (IF you prefer to eat these without mayo, serve the lobster rolls warm, you can quickly toss the lobster meat in the warm brown butter for about 3 minutes. Add the lobster to a bowl with the other ingredients and drizzle warm brown butter overtop when ready to serve)


Notes

If you don’t have old bay seasoning just use salt, pepper, paprika and some celery salt to season your lobster salad