Recipes

Boiled Lobster

  • Serves

    serves 4

PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICOLE FRANZEN

Kippy Young, the Maine lobsterman who gave us this recipe, advised us to boil the lobsters in seawater, but salted water works just as well.

Ingredients

  • 12 lb. butter
  • Salt
  • 4 live medium Maine lobsters
  • 4 lemons, halved

Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a small saucepan. Set aside. When milk solids have settled, pour off drawn butter into a serving dish.

Step 2

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Plunge in lobsters; cook for 5 minutes per pound. Drain; allow to cool a bit. Serve with drawn butter and lemon halves.

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