Blomidon Lobster Boil
Lobster + Nova Scotia Sparkling Wine = Your new favourite summer combination. A nice mix of spices, a few local lobster, fresh vegetables and a bottle of crisp Nova Scotia sparking wine is the perfect start to a weekend or end of a work day.
This traditional Nova Scotia lobster recipe is the perfect way to impress guests from away or to remind locals why we’re lucky to live by the sea.
Ingredients
| 15 litres | water |
| 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) | salt* |
| 3 tbsp (45 ml) | cayenne powder |
| 1tbsp (15 ml) | each celery salt,ground ginger, paprika |
| 1/2tbsp (8 ml) | each nutmeg,cloves, allspice |
| 1tsp (5 ml) | each cardamom, chili flakes |
| 4 | bay leaves |
| 1 | head garlic, smashed |
| 2 | lemons, sliced |
| 8 | red potatoes, halved |
| 4 | live 1-1/4 lb (575 g) lobsters** |
| 4 |
ears corn, husks removed, cleaned, halved***
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| Drawn butter |
Directions
- Place water, salt, seasoning, garlic and lemon slices in a very large stock pot. Add potatoes and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium and cook potatoes for 8 minutes.
- Add the lobsters head first to the pot. Cover and cook for 6 minutes. The lobster should be bright red.
- Add corn to the pot and cook for another 4 minutes.
- Remove potatoes, lobster and corn from the pot. Serve with drawn butter, crusty bread and a bottle of Blomidon Estate Cuvée L’Acadie.
Recipe Hints
* If you use ocean water to boil your lobster, no need for the salt
**Get your corn from Noggins Corner Farm Market, Stirling Fruit Farms, Masstown Market or one of the many other Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia.
***Make sure your lobsters are fresh from the ocean, get them from Clearwater Retail Shops, Fisherman’s Market International, Victoria Co-op Fisheries, NovaCan Live Seafood, or Gidney Fisheries Ltd.
Recipe provided by: Blomidon Estate Winery
This recipe is featured in our 2016 Taste of Nova Scotia Culinary Adventure Guide