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Lobster Medallions

Chilled lobster, toasted potato bread, hollandaise, and a touch of caviar.

Lobster Medallions

Ingredients

  • 2–4 slices potato bread
  • 2 lobster tails
  • Prepared hollandaise sauce
  • 1½ tablespoons mayonnaise
  • Kosher salt and white pepper
  • Fresh thyme
  • Caviar, optional

Instructions

  1. Toast the bread, remove the crusts, and cut into small shapes.
  2. Steam the lobster tails for 4½ minutes, then transfer immediately to an ice bath.
  3. Remove the meat, slice into ¼- to ½-inch medallions, and chill.
  4. Mix ¼ cup hollandaise with the mayonnaise, salt, and white pepper. Place this pale sauce and the remaining hollandaise in separate piping bags.
  5. Top each toast with pale sauce, lobster, a drizzle of hollandaise, thyme, and caviar. Serve cold.