Italian-Style Lobster Sliders
- Easy recipes
Nova Scotia
Even purists will like this Nova Scotia lobster with Italian flair. It's hors d'oeuvres heaven!
Even purists will like this Nova Scotia lobster with Italian flair. It's hors d'oeuvres heaven!
Ingredients
- 3 lbs (1.5 kg) lobsters, cooked (about 12 oz/375 g cooked lobster meat)
- 1 cup (250 mL) diced fennel bulb
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) mayonnaise
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) minced red onion
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) sliced caper berries or 4 tsp/20 mL drained capers
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) chopped fennel fronds
- 1-1/2 tbsp (22 mL) extra-virgin olive oil
- 1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
- Pinch black pepper
- 1 loaf sliced ciabatta or other white bread or 24 (approx) mini hamburger buns
Preparation
Remove lobster meat from shells and chop; mix in green or yellow tomalley (lobster liver) if desired.
In pot of boiling salted water, blanch fennel until tender-crisp, about 20 seconds. Drain; chill under cold water and drain well.
Mix together lobster meat, fennel, mayonnaise, onion, caper berries, fennel fronds, oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
With 2-inch/5 cm round cutter, cut out 48 rounds from ciabatta slices. Scoop heaping tablespoonful/15 mL of lobster mixture onto each of 24 ciabatta rounds; top with remaining rounds.
Makes 24 sliders.
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