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Lobster Marsala (using breadcrumbs, garlic olive oil and grated cheese)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time & special times
Contributed by: Adapted from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Ingredients

1 large lobster, boiled
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1/2 cup Marsala wine
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons garlic olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons cheese, grated



Directions

Cut lobster in half and remove meat from shell without breaking shell.

Clean and cut lobstr to bite size, brown in garlic oil, adding salt, pepper and parsley.

cover and simmer for 20 minutes, then add wine and simmer a few more minutes.

Fill lobster half shells with the mixture, sprinkle with breadcrumbs, add cheese, then brown very lightly in broiler.

Serve at once.

Serves 2.



NOTE: To boil lobster see preceding recipe.

From Lobster Maria (Preceding recipe)

Half fill a large kettle with water, let it come to a rolling boil, add 1/4 cup salt, slowly slide in live lobster so as not to disturb boiling water, cover and boil rapidly 4 to 5 minutes.

Simmer 20 to 30 minutes, the time depending on size of lobster, then lift the lobster out and lay on its claws to drain.

With sharp knife or kitchen shears remove soft shell-like covering, crack claws to remove meat.




Notes

This recipe was adapted from one in "The Complete Italian Cook Book: La Cucina" by Rose L. Sorce. It was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1953. For the entire copyright-free cookbook see www.archive.org.... Image: courtesy of New York Public Library.

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