Lobster Salad With Roasted Chili and Baby Corn
- 2 lobsters, weighing 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pounds each
- 12 ears of fresh baby corn
- 2 sweet red peppers
- 1 sweet yellow peppers
- 1 hot green poblano chili
- 1 head of radicchio
- 3 small heads of oak-leaf lettuce
- 3 or 4 small heads of other lettuces, such as green leaf, limestone, bibb or baby red
- 1 bunch of fresh marjoram
- 3/4 cup of extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 12 small Italian plum tomatoes, red and yellow if available, cut in half
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
- In two inches of water, steam lobsters approximately 12 minutes, until shells turn bright red and antennae can be pulled out with a sharp tug.
- Drain lobsters immediately, and set aside until cool enough to handle.
- Shell lobster tails, remove black intestinal vein and slice tail meat into half-inch slices.
- Shell claws, but leave claw-meat intact.
- Set lobster meat aside in a cool place.
- Bring another pan of water to a boil.
- Shuck baby corn ears, and carefully drop into boiling water.
- Cook 1 minute, then drain and cool.
- Set aside.
- Holding peppers and chili with a long-handled fork, turn them briefly over a high flame.
- Alternately, place under a broiler, turning when necessary.
- When skin is blackened and peeling, place in a paper bag for 5 minutes.
- Rub skin off peppers and cut flesh in julienne strips.
- Wash all greens and dry carefully.
- Make dressing in a large bowl: Mix olive oil, 2 tablespoons lime juice and finely chopped marjoram.
- Turn salad greens in dressing and remove from bowl.
- Arrange greens on four dinner plates, alternating colors for presentation.
- Toss corn ears in dressing and remove.
- Arrange in spokes on greens.
- Place pepper and chili strips between corn ears.
- In the center of each plate, place an intact lobster claw, removed from shell.
- Arrange a quarter of the lobster slices around claw.
- Garnish with tomato halves and wedges of remaining lime.
- Pour extra dressing on lobster.
lobsters, corn, sweet red peppers, sweet yellow peppers, chili, radicchio, other lettuces, marjoram, olive oil, lime juice, italian plum tomatoes, lime
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11125 (may not work)