When I was a little girl, my mother used to go on about how she loved going to her grandmother’s house when she would serve Lobster and Rose salad. I was always hoping that my mother would recreate the recipe, but she never did.
When my great-grandmother was making this salad, lobster was a lot less expensive. I decided that for my birthday, despite to cost, I would recreate Christina Jacobsen’s recipe myself.
I went to the market and bought a small lobster tail. I broiled it and put it on the table to cool before putting it in the refrigerator. All of a sudden, I heard a kerplunk, looked up, and there was our Maine Coon cat, Mr. Rolo Monroe Knocker-Offer Boswell, looking guilty, with the end of the hot lobster tail in his mouth, trying to run off with it. I ran up to him and said “Hey, you can’t have that. That’s MY dinner!” I grabbed it and washed it off. I don’t think he had gotten a chance to eat any of it.
Spane and I had the lobster and rose salad for my birthday dinner. When I tasted it, I could understand why my mother had gone on about how good it was. The combination of buttery lobster and astringent sweet rose was an incredible treat for my mouth. It was truly amazing!
If you are going to make this, get a rose or roses that have not been sprayed with pesticides. You also need to wash the rose to make sure that there are no little creatures or dirt on it. This is really a delicious salad, and the dressing is great for other seafood salads, or even as a dip. It will go great with a glass of your favorite white wine and some crusty bread. Enjoy!
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Lobster Rose Petal Salad
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Ingredients
For the Salad
- 1 lobster tail
- 1 rose
- 2 cups Boston or Butterhead lettuce, torn
- Lemon Butter Dressing
For the Lemon Butter Dressing
- 1 lemon, juice of
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, unsalted, melted
- ¼ cup avocado oil, or other lightly flavored oil, not olive
- dash salt, sea salt or kosher salt preferred
Instructions
For the Salad
- Broil the lobster tail for about 10 minutes or until the shell is red and the meat is white.
- Mise En Place Lobster Rose Salad
- Let the lobster cool, then pick the meat off the shell. Put the meat in the refrigerator to completely cool. Don't let the cat get it! Save the shell to make stock.
- When you are ready to serve, tear the lettuce into a large bowl.
- Remove any dead or crumpled petals from the rose and throw them away. Carefully tear the remaining petals off and put them in the bowl with the lettuce.
- Add the cooled lobster.
- Toss with Lemon Butter dressing.
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