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Drizzle, Dip, Dunk: The Best

Sauces and Butters for Maine
Lobster
Home > Seafood Savvy > Drizzle, Dip, Dunk: The Best
Sauces and Butters for Maine Lobster

Sweet lobster meat is a delight in itself.

The distinctive taste of great quality
Maine Lobster should sometimes not be
disturbed by a strong lobster sauce.
Sometimes, simple is super,
sophisticated, and stylish. Find the best
lobster sauce, butter, or dip to impress
any dinner guest.

Whether you’re creating something

simple to delicately complement the
flavor of Maine Lobster meat or you’re
getting innovative and experimenting
with new flavors and ingredients to spice
up some lobster tails, let us help inspire
you!

Sauces for Lobster Meat

Served Hot

Once you have your lobster cooking

method identified, it’s time to pick what
kind of sauce or dip you want. For the
following suggestions, a hot lobster
recipe is best.

Classic Thermidor Style Sauce.

Thermidor style lobster butter is a

slightly lighter and less expensive
option, with a nod to its opulent French
origin. Try some white wine, Dijon
mustard, lemon, Parmesan, paprika,
infused into some butter.

How to Make Clarified Butter: In a

saucepan over low heat melt
desired amount of butter until a
foamy layer forms on top, and skim
off. Pour butter oil into a container
leaving any milky residue at the
bottom of the saucepan. While
butter is still warm brush over
steamed lobster tails or use as a
baste for grilled lobster.

Flavored Butters

Now, as we talk about butter, there are

generally two options. The first being, to
blend your ingredients with the cold
butter and roll into a log to later melt
onto your lobster (keep in the fridge for
a few days, freeze or even wrap in some
rustic paper, tie in a ribbon and give as
gift!) The second being drawn butter
(also known as clarified butter or ghee.)
Butter is heated and then the solids are
removed, leaving the clear, drawn butter,
this can then be infused with lots of
aromatic, oil based ingredients for
fantastic flavor.

● Lemon – a classic, and in fact any

citrusy fruit can be experimented with
such as lime, orange or even grapefruit.
Try our lobster lemon butter recipe here
(why not try adding some capers for a
twist?)

● Shallot and Tarragon - although

perhaps not the most popular of the
herb family, Tarragon makes up one half
of this well-known lobster sauce duo. It’s
popular because it works, but it’s still
generally a flavor that pleasantly
surprises, with its herby perfume
matching so well with a creamy butter.

● Escargot Herb Butter. No, the sauce

itself isn’t made from our small, shelled
friends, but rather the sauce is usually
designed for them, but works perfectly
for lobster too! Cook up some shallots,
plenty of garlic, mushrooms and maybe
even a little Parma ham. Once cool add
to your butter along with mustard and
fresh herbs (try tarragon, fennel,
parsley). Delicious!

Go Asian. Asian flavors work well with

lobster as long as you’re careful not to
overdo the strong ingredients. Chili and
ginger, for example, can risk
overpowering the taste of the lobster.
Rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, a little
ginger and a dash of sugar will make a
fantastic dipping sauce. Particularly for
tempura lobster bites. Or try a chili paste
mixed with lime juice, a little brown
sugar and fish sauce.

Sauces for Lobster Meat

Served Cold

You can’t beat a homemade mayonnaise,

béarnaise or hollandaise sauce any day
of the week. Accompanying lobster
makes them even more special. Whether
it’s a salad or a pre-dinner canapé, try
one of our cold sauces for lobster.

Truffled mayonnaise ( just a few drops

of truffle oil)
Garlic and basil mayo
Spicy avocado dip (with Greek yogurt,
hot sauce or fresh chili)
Sour cream with exotic fruits (try
pineapple)

Sauces for Lobster Tails

You can, of course, apply all of the above

to tasty lobster tails. However, lobster
tails offer the budding lobster chef the
opportunity to be a little more creative.

Cheese fondue. Although lobster and

fondue in the same sentence may bring
back thoughts of the eighties, retro is
definitely in. Get your cheese melted,
and why not add a little crispy bacon?

Wine. Important for any party. So if

you’re entertaining, wine-based sauces
are popular for lobster tails. Try a
buttery garlic sauce with white wine, or
perhaps lemon and shallots. Step it up a
notch and try a creamy Champagne
based sauce, if you want your night to
have real sparkle.

Spicy. Devil your tails with peppercorns,

Tabasco or chili. A creamy tomato base
would be perfect for this kind of sauce.

Want to find out more? Visit our lobster

recipes section or see the range of
delicious Maine Lobster we have on
offer.

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Comments

Tammie Tate
2021-12-11 at 8:55 am

Thank you for this site and the lobster

tips.
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