We are in Nova Scotia now. Our commitment this trip is #1 to healthy eating. Knowing that May and June are the two lobster months here concerned me. Butter is out of our diet for sure. Who can eat lobster without butter. Well, certainly plenty of Nova Scotians do.
Anyway, for our whole lobster meal, I sauteed a concoction of olive oil, tarragon, and a little garlic. Using only a TSP or so of this mix, I added it to fresh lemon juice in custard dishes for dipping. Very tasty. I saved most of my lobster tail to make a fritata for brunch the next day. I rarely am able to follow a recipe. But I was surprised at how well it turned out. So, I can only share general notions of how I prepared the dish. Hope you'll give it a go. I did everything I could to keep it low calorie.
Lobster Fritata
Serves 2
Ingredients:
chopped lobster (could use shrimp, crab), 1 medium tail
4 eggs, 3 of them, just the whites, 1 whole, whipped up well
finely chopped fresh chives, about 1 tsp.
finely chopped tarragon, about 1 TBSP. Tarragon is vital to seafood
save a little of your herbs to add as garnish before serving
1 whole jalapeno pepper, seeded & finely chopped
1/2 oz. of goat cheese
a pinch of curry & cumin
season salt like Zatarains or Old Bay, to taste
pinch of cayenne
2-3 sliced mushroom (optional)
(optional) pretty sure, I might like a little chopped sun-dried tomatoes in this as well
1-2 capfulls of olive oil (about 1/2 TBSP) or use Canola Oil
Turn on the oven broiler to pre-heat for a final browning. Mix goat cheese into the egg mix & set aside. Use a good non-stick fry pan where the egg can spread out, coming up slightly on the sides. Turn stovetop burner to med. heat. Saute spices & jalapeno pepper in oil about 1 min. Add lobster, cook about 1 more min, then egg mix, let it gel, as in set till almost firm. Don't stir it. When it's just about set, put it under the broiler briefly to brown. I leave the oven door open and the fry pan handle extended outside of opening. Warm your dinner plates ( 1-1.5 min. in microwave). Portion the fritata with spatula into half or quarter sections so you can get it out of the fry pan. Serve on warmed plates. Add garnish and enjoy!
Do let me know if you tried it and if you liked it, or other options for preparing it. :-)
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