{"id":708,"date":"2012-03-22T21:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T21:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrsglaze.com\/2012\/03\/22\/lobster-ravioli-with-sweet-pea-shoots-smoked-paprika-cream-sauce\/"},"modified":"2012-12-27T12:53:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T20:53:44","slug":"lobster-ravioli-with-sweet-pea-shoots-smoked-paprika-cream-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amyglaze.com\/lobster-ravioli-with-sweet-pea-shoots-smoked-paprika-cream-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobster Ravioli, Pea Shoots, & Smoked Paprika Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made these lobster raviolis for a friend of mine who spent 9 months craving sushi, shellfish, and martinis. I promised her lobster once her baby was born and here it is!<\/p>\n

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Lobster Ravioli with Smoked Paprika Cream Sauce & Pea Shoots<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is not the quickest dish especially if you start from scratch, but it’s extremely tasty. I picked up my live lobsters from my fish monger, butchered them, barbecued the bodies and poached the claws for presentation. Then I made the filling (while trying hard not eat all the lobster) a tasty mixture of: pancetta, lobster meat, tarragon, spinach and lemon zest with enough ricotta & parmesan to bind it together.<\/p>\n

I rolled out the egg pasta with the ol’ hand crank pasta machine. Boy, isn’t that fun. Especially when it won’t grip the granite.<\/p>\n

Five hours later I put filling and pasta together to form ravioli resembling the shape of agnolotti. Technically agnolotti are stuffed with meat, cream, and cheese. But I like the little fluted half circle pillow shape, so I used lobster. And yes, agnolotti come square in shape too . (I know one of my former chef’s is going to email that correction to me, so I might as well mention it upfront.)<\/p>\n

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Lobster Agnolotti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The red sauce gets its flare from the smoked paprika and the lobster roe which dots the plate in \u00a0little red pearls. The base is cream and parmesan \u2013 my fav. If you get a lobster with roe, by all means use it! When you remove the head from the thorax if a blob-like dark green jell-o substance spills out, that’s what you are looking for. When cooked the roe changes color from green to red.<\/p>\n

Not to be confused with ‘lobster butter’ which is grey-ish green in color and located towards the front of the head. (wish I had photographed the parts here). I stir a tablespoon of roe into the sauce right before serving because it can give an amoniated taste if boiled too hard. The roe will thicken the sauce, keep this in mind when making the cream sauce and don’t reduce it too much beforehand. And, it will add a lovely lobster stock flavor. A little roe goes a long way.<\/p>\n

Spring has finally started to sprung (does that make sense?) and I think pea shoots are a festive way to celebrate the season. They pair nicely with tarragon and lobster which is generously mixed in the ravioli stuffing.<\/p>\n

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Lobster claw on Lobster Agnolotti<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cut the 5 hours prep time to something more manageable if need be, and buy frozen lobster tails (the presentation claw could be ix-nayed) and pre-packaged sheets of pasta which are sold in such reputable stores like Whole Foods. Check the date on the pasta. Egg pasta should be very<\/em> fresh otherwise it’s no good.<\/p>\n

If you do<\/em> want to butcher the lobsters here’s how I do it. And I’m pretty darned fast after killing about a million a day at Le Bernardin. Chef Eric Ripert is adamandt about fish\/shellfish sustainability and also that they are processed humanely. This is his technique for the quickest death (we do not boil them alive or twist thorax from body while they are alive even though it’s faster).<\/p>\n

Put lobster on cutting board. Taking a big heavy sharp chef’s knife place the tip right above the eyes in the center of the head. With a quick and sharp movement press straight down through the head (kills lobster instantly) and pull forward with the knife blade splitting the frontal lobe in two right between the eyes. Pick up lobster, turn it over, and make a quick jab right above tail and through body (under legs).<\/p>\n

From here it depends on what you want to do with the lobster. It is easy to twist the thorax from the tail and the claws from the thorax. I like to split the tail in half (using my extra heavy sharp chef’s knife) and barbecue it shell side\u00a0down with lots of butter \u2013 yummmm. The claws can be cooked in salted water (like the sea \u2013 I mean salted!) water on a strong simmer for about 3 minutes.<\/p>\n

Cracking the shell off the claw and keeping it in tack is difficult and hard to explain in words. But I’ll try: pull the smaller lower pincer off by gently shaking it loose with an up and down movement. A cartilidge disk will come out with the pincer. It is very important to get the whole lower pincer out in one piece or some one can choke on that invisible little disk. To get the remaining claw shell off I take the back of a heavy knife (not the blade, don’t ruin your nice sharp knife!) and whack the claw on the top and then on both sides. The shell should pop off. Then I pull out the meat gently!<\/p>\n

(Good luck with that, the claws can be tricky).<\/p>\n

Some day I’ll get around to making a lobster butcher video, in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this recipe!<\/p>\n

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