Best 10 Grandmas Stuffed Lobster Recipes

BAKED STUFFED LOBSTER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Place a little water in a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Cut open the lobster by inserting your knife just underneath the head and the cutting down, splitting the belly (body and tail). Remove the "inners" (heart, guts, etc., but not meat). Steam the lobster for 7 to 10 minutes and then remove from the pot.
• Stuff the Seafood Stuffing in the lobster's opening and top with the crabmeat.
• Place the stuffed lobster, belly-side-up in a roasting pan. Add the lemon juice and a little water to the bottom of the pan to keep the lobster moist while cooking. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or just until the claws begin to split. Do not allow the lobster to dry out.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt butter and then add all the seafood and saute until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Mix in the crackers, and add lemon juice, wine, and salt and pepper, to taste.

EASY AND ELEGANT BAKED STUFFED LOBSTER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 400 F.
• To instantly kill the lobster , place the lobster flat on a cutting board and plunge the tip of a sharp knife straight down just behind the lobster's eyes to cut the spinal cord. (Alternatively, you can freeze the lobster for 30 to 60 minutes.)
• Flip the lobster over on its back. Using a sharp knife or kitchen shears , cut the lobster's body cavity open all the way down to the end of the tail but not all the way through.
• Remove and reserve the tomalley (yellowish-green colored liver).
• Remove the stomach and intestines, being careful not to rupture them, and discard.
• Rinse the lobster cavity and set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the cracker crumbs, melted butter, celery, onion, 1 tablespoon of the Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, lemon pepper, and salt to taste.
• Add the tomalley from the lobster and mix gently.
• Pack the cracker mixture into the lobster's body cavity.
• Sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of Parmesan cheese and dust lightly with paprika.
• Bake the stuffed lobster in an uncovered 2-inch-deep baking pan for 30 minutes. If needed, place under the broiler and broil for another 2 minutes to brown the stuffing. Serve the stuffed lobster immediately with melted butter on the side, if desired.

BAKED STUFFED LOBSTER NEW ENGLAND STYLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Melt 8 tablespoons butter in a 9-inch skillet over medium heat.
• Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft but not browned.
• Stir in the tarragon and parsley.
• If using raw shrimp or scallops, add them with the herbs and cook for 1 minute.
• Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
• If using cooked lobster or crabmeat, remove the pan from the heat as soon as you stir in the herbs, let cool, and then add the lobster or crabmeat.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• With a cleaver of chef’s knife, split the lobsters in half lengthwise.
• Remove and discard the head sac and intestine.
• Remove the tomalley and the roe if present and place in a small bowl.
• Break into small pieces using a fork.
• With the back side of a knife, crack the center of each claw on 1 side only.
• Season the lobsters lightly with salt and pepper.
• On a large roasting pan or baking sheet, place the halves together to resemble a butterfly.
• The tomalley and roe are optional for the stuffing.
• If you want to include them, mix them into the seafood mixture.
• Gently fold the crumbled crackers into the mixture.
• Divide the mixture evenly between 2 lobsters.
• If you are serving 1 lobster per person, spread the stuffing over the center so that the lobsters look whole again.
• Do not pack the stuffing tightly, or it will affect the even baking of the lobster.
• Brush the 3 tablespoons melted butter over the exposed meat tail, stuffing and claws.
• Bake until the lobster is cooked through and the stuffing is crisp and golden.
• Bake 17 minutes for a 1 1/2 pound lobster and 24 minutes for a 2-pound lobster.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED LOBSTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add scallops; cook and stir until opaque, about 6 minutes.
• Combine the cooked scallops and melted butter from the skillet, ground crackers, graham cracker crumbs, and poultry seasoning in a bowl. Mix well, adding additional melted butter if the stuffing is too dry.
• Bring 2 inches water to a boil in a large pot. Place lobsters in pot; steam until bright red, about 20 minutes.
• Lay cooked lobsters on the their backs on a work surface. Wear gloves and make an incision between the legs down to the tail using a heavy knife. Pry open the chest cavity and rinse out innards with warm water. Fill the chest cavity and tail with the stuffing until overflowing.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Place stuffed lobsters on their back on a baking sheet.
• Bake under the broiler until stuffing has browned, about 5 minutes.

GRANDMOTHER'S LOBSTER PIE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Salt the water and add the lobsters. When the water comes to a second boil, cook the lobsters for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the lobsters from the water and let cool. Crack the tails, knuckles and claws. Pick out the meat from the shells over a bowl to hold the juices. Reserve the tomalley. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and add the tomalley and lemon juice. Remove from heat and stir in the crushed snack crackers. Add enough reserved lobster juice so the mixture is thick like turkey stuffing. Divide lobster meat among 4 individual casserole dishes. Cover each dish with the cracker mixture, patting it on evenly. Bake until the top begins to brown, about 10 minutes. Remove the dishes from the oven and garnish each with a parsley sprig and a lemon wedge.

GRANDMA'S STUFFED LOBSTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add scallops; cook and stir until opaque, about 6 minutes.
• Combine the cooked scallops and melted butter from the skillet, ground crackers, graham cracker crumbs, and poultry seasoning in a bowl. Mix well, adding additional melted butter if the stuffing is too dry.
• Bring 2 inches water to a boil in a large pot. Place lobsters in pot; steam until bright red, about 20 minutes.
• Lay cooked lobsters on the their backs on a work surface. Wear gloves and make an incision between the legs down to the tail using a heavy knife. Pry open the chest cavity and rinse out innards with warm water. Fill the chest cavity and tail with the stuffing until overflowing.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Place stuffed lobsters on their back on a baking sheet.
• Bake under the broiler until stuffing has browned, about 5 minutes.

GRILLED STUFFED LOBSTER WITH GINGER BUTTER

Steps:

• Kill the lobsters by plunging a large chef's knife into the joint where the head meets the body. Halve the lobsters lengthwise and cut off the claws. Set aside. Discard the sac on each half lobster near the head. Also remove the the long white strip along the meat, which is the intestines. Remove the lobster roe and reserve.
• In a bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, tarragon, 4 tablespoons butter, the lobster roe, salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Brush the meat of the lobsters with vegetable oil and place them, meat side down, over the fire, along with the claws. Cover and cook about 5 minutes.
• Flip the lobsters and the claws and fill the cavities where the roe was with the breadcrumb mixture. Place one tablespoon of butter and the shallots in a saucepan and place over the grill. Cover the grill and continue cooking.
• When the butter in the saucepan is melted, about 2 minutes, add two tablespoons of white wine vinegar and 2 tablespoons grated ginger. When the vinegar has reduced, another 2 minutes, add 2 tablespoons heavy cream and stir well. Bring to a boil, reduce by half, then stir in remaining butter. When all the butter has melted, remove sauce from heat and keep warm.
• Return the cover and cook the lobster about 8 more minutes. Serve each guest a lobster half with sauce over the meat, and a claw.

GRANDMA'S POULTRY DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, brown sausage. Drain sausage, discarding drippings. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat milk over medium heat until bubbles form around sides of pan. In a large bowl, combine sausage, milk and remaining ingredients., Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake until lightly browned, about 40 minutes.

GRANDMA'S THANKSGIVING DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Spray a 8 x 8 inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, mix together dry stuffing mix, diced apples, diced celery, diced onion, and mushrooms.
• Add butter to boiling water and let it melt, then pour over stuffing mixture in bowl.
• Mix well until all ingredients are moistened.
• Spread stuffing mixture in prepared pan.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the stuffing is thoroughly heated.
• Keep warm until serving.

GREAT GRANDMA'S STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Core head of cabbage by cutting around the core and removing as much as possible. Boil large pot of water (fill pot only 1/4 or 1/2 full -- when boiling put cabbage into water and cover with top. Leave cabbage in water and every so often as leaves loosen up remove leaves and place in collander in sink to cool -- when all leaves are removed turn off water and throw away -- (if you have any little pieces of cabbage left at end of core, you can save them to place on top of leaves if you would like.
• In a large bowl mix cooked rice, ground meat, onion, garlic, raw eggs 1/2 can tomato sauce and oregano and a little pinch of kosher salt. Mix well with your hands --.
• Spray 9 X 13 inch pans with Pam. Take cabbage leaves and fill with 1/4 to 1/2 cup meat mixture (depending on how big hour leaves are). Place with seam side down in pans -- Turn oven on 350 degrees. Make up sauce (depending on how many rolls you get from your cabbage and how much sauce you want,you can use between 4 to 6 cans of diced or stewed tomatoes for your sauce), if you like cabbage rolls to have more sauce, you can add a little tomato juice to your sauce. Pour sauce over top of rolls. Sprinkle with kosher salt over top of rolls.
• Bake uncovered to 2 1/2 hours or until browned on top, you may need to add a tomato juice to them once in a while so they do not dry out --.
• Freezes well.