Flippen Lekka Recipes / Seafood
Lemon Butter Lobster Tails
Product pairing
Flippen Lekka Savoury Herb Mix
Shop pairing
Salt & Vinegar Seasoning
Shop pairing
Ingredients
- Fresh lobster tails
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons snipped fresh chives
- 1 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel
- 5ml Flippen Lekka Spice
Method
- Rinse lobster tails and pat dry with paper towels
- Butterfly tails by using a sharp knife to cut lengthwise through centre of hard top shell and meat, cutting to, but not through, bottoms of shells
- Press shell halves of tails apart with your fingers
- For sauce, in a small saucepan melt butter
- Remove from heat
- Stir in chives, spices and lemon peel
- Remove a few tablespoons of the sauce and set the remaining sauce aside
- Lightly grease the rack of a gas grill
- Preheat grill
- Reduce heat to medium
- Brush lobster meat with some of the sauce
- Place lobster, meat sides down, on the grill rack directly over heat
- Cover and grill for 6 minutes
- Turn lobster
- Brush with the rest of the tablespoons sauce
- Cover and grill for 6 to 8 minutes more or until done
- Heat the reserved sauce, stirring occasionally
- Transfer the sauce to small bowls for dipping and serve with lobster
- Can also be prepared on the coals