Lobster with Vanilla
Instructions:
- Live 1 1/2 pound lobster per person
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- Tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped
- A little wine or fish stock
- Butter
- Sherry
- Vanilla extract
- Cayenne pepper
- Cut the lobster in half.
- Crack the claws and cut the tail through the joints.
- Melt a knob of butter in a heavy saute pan, fry the onion and garlic gently.
- Add the lobster pieces and cook until they go red, before removing them to someplace warm.
- Now turn up the heat and add the rest of the ingredients, except the vanilla, buter and cayenne.
- Reduce the tomatoes until they\'re a bubbling mush, then turn down the heat and add the butter in bits and stir to stop the sauce from separating.
- Finally, add half a teaspoon of vanilla and a shake of cayenne.
- Pour the sauce over the lobster and serve with rice.