How to boil a lobster.
Bring 3 quarts of water to a boil with 2 1/2 tablespoons of salt. Lift the lobster by the back or tail and drop head first into the boiling water. Cover and count the cooking time from when the water returns to a boil. Simmer the loster 5 minutes for the first pound and 3 additional minutes for each additional pound. Do not over cook, lobster toughens and shrinks with overcooking.
Serve hot or cold with lemon butter sauce on the side for dunking.
Boiled lobster are the starting ingredients for Lobster Bellevue
Note: see the writeups under lobster for instructions on how to eat a lobster.
Recipes:
Grilled Lobster Gourmet
Lobster Bellevue
Lobster Biarritz
Lobster Bohemienne
Lobster Cardinal
Lobster Court-Bouillon
Lobster Curry Risotto Crown
Lobster Figaro
Lobster Newburg I
Lobster Newburg II
Lobster Thermidor