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Lobster with garlic butter, new potatoes and watercress salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Lobster with garlic butter, new potatoes and watercress salad

20 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Lobster is best treated with a light touch, just a drizzle of garlic butter is enough to bring the flavours to life.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

531
Calories
28g
Protein
26g
Fat
50g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Lobster 100g cooked 98
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Whelk not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp sea salt
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 6 white pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 x 450g/1lb live lobsters
  • 50g/1¾oz butter
  • 450g/1lb new potatoes
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp English mustard
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 4 little gem lettuce
  • 1 large bunch watercress
  • 225g/8oz butter
  • 1 shallot
  • 4 garlic
  • 12 cooked whelks
  • 6 tbsp parsley

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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