Fresh Lobster Spring Rolls With Lime-Ginger Vinaigrette

Name: Fresh Lobster Spring Rolls With Lime-Ginger Vinaigrette
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 10 rolls
Ingredients: 1 (1 1/2 lb) fresh lobsters, about 1-1/2 lbs. cooked; 1 head butter lettuce; 1 small carrot; 1/2 cucumber; 20 basil leaves; 20 fresh cilantro stems; 40 garlic chives; 20 mint leaves; 1/4 cup toasted peanuts, chopped coarsely; 15 pieces rice paper sheets; 1 -4 cup rice wine vinegar; 1 egg yolk; 1 teaspoon water; 1 cup peanut oil; 1/2 cup fresh cilantro; basil, and; mint leaf, loosely packed; 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar; 1 lime, juice of; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger; to taste salt and pepper

Submitted by MarraMamba

"Another recipe from Hawthorne House restaurant in SF. I will use shrimp with these since i cant bring myself to cook a live lobster lol"

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Ready In:: 41mins
Ingredients:: 21
Yields:: 10 rolls

ingredients

1 (1 1/2 lb) fresh lobsters, about 1-1/2 lbs. cooked
1 head butter lettuce
1 small carrot
¹⁄₂ cucumber
20 basil leaves
20 fresh cilantro stems
40 garlic chives
20 mint leaves
¹⁄₄ cup toasted peanuts, chopped coarsely
15 pieces rice paper sheets
1 -4 cup rice wine vinegar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon water
1 cup peanut oil
¹⁄₂ cup fresh cilantro
basil, and
mint leaf, loosely packed
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 lime, juice of
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
to taste salt and pepper

directions

prepare the vinaigrette:
Place the egg yolk and water into the workbowl of a food processor and turn it on. Slowly add half of the oil then add the herbs and ginger then puree until the mixture becomes smooth. Add the vinegar then add the remainder of the oil. Finish with the lime juice then season to taste with salt and pepper.
prepare the rolls:
Remove the lobster meat from the shell and dice into 1/2 inch pieces. Keep chilled.
Peel the carrot and wash the cucumber. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Cut both the carrot and cucumber into thin julienne and reserve. Prepare the herb leaves by washing and spinning dry.
Separate, wash and dry the leaves from the lettuce, discarding the dark green outer leaves. You will need one leaf for each roll. Lay the leaves down, concave side up on a clean work surface and assemble the remaining ingredients in each leaf starting with the herbs and finishing with the lobster and peanuts.
Heat a 5 quart pot of water to a boil and add 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar. Dip a rice wrapper into the water for a second or two then lay out onto a damp towel. After it becomes soft, place the lettuce cup into the center and roll into a cylinder, tucking the ends in before the final roll.
Chill well then slice the hard ends off and cut each roll into six equal slices. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the top and serve.

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MarraMamba

http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/527607/cookswithcattitude.jpg I am a middle aged foodie who has had the luxury of living all over the world except asia. Lived in or grew up in Nigeria, Kenya, Chicago, Russia,and haiti. born in New Zealand, brother born in Austria and many more. I have chronic medication resistant depression after 10 years on anti depressants that worked well but would stop working after a year or two, so now do my best at home living on disabilty. Not a bad thing, many have far worse health issues but i have been able to concentrate on food/cooking. My main passions are my cats. I live in the woods and somehow many starving strays or "dumps" have found the message babies who passed on left in the woods saying "suck lives at xxxx road. Most arrive sick and/or starving. Right now i have 2 that arrived with feline herpes and their attendant 2ndry bacterial infections but are doing beautifully. One old man who was going to be euthanized bc a lady who found him as a stray was moving and didnt want him...well he was a biter and rather grumpy who was in ICU for 3 days with a deadly gut infection which was fixed but he left with a diagnosis of diabetes. 3 months on insulin and finally diet controlled and he caught the herpes virus, respiratory symptom version and turned into a cuddler. Butterscotch must think "why didnt i figure out this cuddle stuff was great before i got sick!" Doing wonderfully even though he has bouts. he and the other kids are my babies. Sadly Butterscotch died of Lymphatic cancer in winter of 2008. A year before Big Boy arrived in my life, starving and weak. Full of affection he jumped into my arms and stayed, turns out he has FIV (cat hiv) so he needs to be watched closely. I love him dearly <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b280/carolinamoon21/Stockingswapcopy.jpg"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/participantbannerzwt5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/cookbookswap.jpg"> <img src="http://www.caymandesigns.com/foodothers/fallswap.jpg">

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