Broiled Lobster With Garlic Oil Recipe

• 2 x garlic cloves finely minced
• 1/4 c. mild extra-virgin extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp. melted butter
• 4 x live lobsters - (2 lbs ea) Coarse (kosher) salt to taste

1. Set broiler rack at least 6 inches from the flame, and heat the broiler.
2. Mix together garlic, extra virgin olive oil and melted butter, and keep hot.
3. Using a large, sharp chefs knife or possibly a Chinese cleaver, hold the lobsters down firmly to a cutting board, and split them in half from head to end.
4. Gently crack the claws by striking them with a meat mallet, small hammer or possibly the spine of the knife.
5. Scoop out the viscera behind the mouth parts, and remove the green roe sacs.
6. Transfer, cut-side up, to broiling pans.
7. Brush the lobsters liberally with the butter mix, and season with a small healthy pinch of coarse salt.
8. Broil four min; baste with butter mix, then finish broiling 3 min more.
9. Serve one lobster per person.
10. This recipe yields 4 servings.
11. Description: "Broiling concentrates lobsters natural sweet flavor, and butter compliments its richness.
12. If you cannot bring yourself to split a live lobster, have the fishmonger do it for you."

garlic, extravirgin, butter, live lobsters

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/broiled-lobster-with-garlic-oil-93346 (may not work)