Grilled Split Florida Lobsters

Name: Grilled Split Florida Lobsters
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1/4 cup olive oil; 2 large shallots, quartered; 4 garlic cloves, halved; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 Florida spiny lobster tails, split in half lengthwise

December 9, 2011

The Florida Sport Lobster Season is always the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July. All one needs to join this sporting scene is a bully net—a regular net with the handle bent to form a ninety-degree angle. Just trap the lobster beneath the ring of the net, and when he kicks his tail up into the net, sweep him up and swoop him into the boat! If you keep some of this butter concoction on hand you can be ready to grill just about any seafood with a slather of citrus butter. (It’s handy to pack some in the cooler for grilling out because it does not leak like marinades and sauces might.)

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