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Roasted Corn And Lobster Chowder

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CATEGORY CUISINE TAG YIELD
Grains, Meats Main dish, Pasta 4 Servings

INGREDIENTS

4 Ears fresh sweet corn
about 2 cups corn
Butter, for brushing corn
2 T Unsalted butter
1 Peeled & diced onion, about
1 cup
2 Celery stalks, diced
1 Leek, split cleaned and
diced
1 Sweet red pepper, diced
2 Seeded & diced jalapeno
peppers 2 to 3
2 t Ground cumin
1 t Ground coriander
1 Vanilla bean, split and
seeds scraped out
1 t Salt
1/2 t Cayenne pepper
2 qt Hot chicken stock
1 Two-pound lobster
1/2 c Creme fraiche

INSTRUCTIONS

Hack lobster tail into sections, crack claws, tie body in cheesecloth
& reserve.  Brush corn lightly with butter and grill until toasted on
all sides.  Cut the roasted corn off of their cobs, reserving the corn
to add  later. Reserve the cobs, too!  Melt the 2 T. butter in a large,
heavy bottomed soup pot. Add the corn  cobs, the onion, celery, leek
and peppers, and saute until the  vegetables are soft, but not browned.
Add the cumin, coriander,  vanilla, salt and cayenne and cook for 2 to
3 minutes to release the  flavors. Add the chicken stock and bring to a
boil. Reduce to a  simmer and add the reserved corn cobs along with the
lobster body  that has been tied in cheesecloth. Cook 40 to 45 minutes,
then remove  the cobs and the lobster body. Add the hacked lobster (and
cracked  claws, I assume - Holly) and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes before
stirring in the creme fraiche. Serve immediately.  Yield 1 1/2 quarts
chowder. c: Michael Lomonaco 1997 MICHAEL'S PLACE  SHOW #ML1B09  Recipe
by: Michael Lomonaco  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #808 by Holly
Butman  <butma001@acpub.duke.edu> on Sep 26, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients)
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Calories: 583
Calories From Fat: 203
Total Fat: 22.7g
Cholesterol: 342.2mg
Sodium: 2433.8mg
Potassium: 1352.9mg
Carbohydrates: 41.7g
Fiber: 3.7g
Sugar: 13g
Protein: 53.1g


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