Maine Lobster Bake With Old Bay Compound Butter

• For the Lobster Bake
• 6 lobster
• 6 ears of fresh corn (husks removed and put aside), cut in half
• 4 pounds small, whole red potatoes
• 6 chorizo sausages
• 3 pounds little neck clams
• 1 dozen raw eggs
• 1 bottle dry white wine or 2 cans of beer
• 8 pounds seaweed (optional)
• loaf of grilled, crusty bread for serving
• For the Old Bay Compound Butter
• 2 unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed through a garlic press
• 2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
• juice from 1/4 lemon

1. Start a fire in a fire pit with hardwood. Let it burn for about an hour, feeding the fire, until it gets very hot and coals/embers burn white.
2. In an 6 or 8 gallon pot, line the bottom with a generous amount (roughly 4 pounds) of seaweed or half of the corn husks to prevent the lobster from burning.
3. Layer lobster, corn, potatoes, sausages, clams, and eggs (in that order) in the pot. Pour in beer or wine (whichever using). Cover with remaining corn husks or seaweed.
4. Cover pot and place directly on coals or on a grate that hovers closely over the flame. Let steam for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, dump contents of pot on a table covered with newspaper and dig in.
5. Note: After about 15 minutes or so, you may want to give the top corn husks/seaweed a squirt of water. I used a standard spray bottle and sprayed a little moisture in twice throughout to ensure everything didn't get too dry, but being careful not to leave the top off to let all the moisture evaporate.
6. On a cutting board, pour Old Bay Seasoning over the pressed garlic. Then add the juice from 1/4 of a lemon. Run the side of a large chef's knife over the mixture repeatedly until a paste forms. Add butter to the garlic-Old Bay mixture and cut the ingredients into each other by using the back of your knife or a fork. When smooth and creamy, transfer butter to a jar or from into a log and wrap in parchment if feeling fancy.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/59063-maine-lobster-bake-with-old-bay-compound-butter (may not work)