Maine Lobsterbake
- 1/2 bushel clams
- Seaweed, for wrapping
- 35 whole potatoes of similar size
- 10 onions, whole
- 35 fresh lobsters, elastic removed from claws
- 35 ears corn, husks on
- Garden Salad
- Cornbread, recipe follows
- Blueberry Cake, recipe follows
- Rinse the clams well, then soak in fresh water for 30 minutes.
- Layer all ingredients in a seaweed wrap in this order: clams, potatoes, and onions next to each other on the bottom, then lobsters on top of them, then corn as the highest layer.
- Wrap very tightly with a double layer of foil making sure there are no holes in foil (essentially making a pressure cooker).
- Cover the foil pack with additional seaweed.
- Light a wood fire.
- Cook over fire for 30 minutes.
- Carefully open the foil wrap and take out the corn and lobsters so you can reach the potatoes and clams.
- Separate onto individual serving dishes.
- Serve with your favorite Garden Salad, Cornbread, and Blueberry Cake.
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 6 cups cornmeal
- 1 cup sugar
- 7 tablespoons baking powder
- 6 eggs
- 6 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 12 eggs, separated
- 6 cups sugar
- 3 cups shortening
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 9 cups flour, plus additional for flouring blueberries and cake pan
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- 2 cups milk
- 6 cups blueberries
- Butter, for greasing pan
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat the egg whites; set aside.
- Mix the egg yolks with sugar, shortening, vanilla, and salt.
- In a separate bowl mix the 9 cups of flour and the baking powder.
- Mix the flour mixture with the egg mixture, slowly adding the milk.
- Fold in the egg whites.
- Flour the blueberries and then fold them into the cake batter.
- Butter and flour 2 (12 by 18 by 1-inch) baking pan.
- Pour the blueberry cake batter into the pans and bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out dry and the cake springs back when touched firmly.
clams, potatoes, onions, lobsters, corn, garden salad
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/maine-lobsterbake-recipe0.html (may not work)