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Chilled lobster consommé
Photo: David Todd McCarty

Chilled lobster consommé

23 ingredients 30 min + 2 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Consommé is one of those cheffy dishes that is hard to get right, but is so simple and beautiful: this version features a broth with intense lobster flavour served with lobster tail and claw.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

634
Calories
67g
Protein
24g
Fat
42g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 18 ingredients — the other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Brandy not in our table 0
Star Anise not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Broad Bean 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

  • 4 lobster
  • dash olive oil
  • 50ml/2fl oz brandy
  • 2 carrots
  • ½ bulb fennel
  • 2 garlic
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1.5 litre/2½ pints chicken stock
  • 3 plum tomatoes
  • 6 free-range egg whites
  • ½ carrot
  • ½ shallot
  • sprig tarragon
  • cooked tails and claws lobsterlobsters
  • 1 bottle lemon
  • 100g/3½ oz shelled broad beans
  • 1 bunch baby carrots
  • leaves, to taste tarragon
  • 1 bunch baby leeks
  • 100g/3½oz samphire

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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