Seafood Platter For Two

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 lobster tails
• 6 scampi
• 6 prawns
• 6 shrimp
• 8 crab legs
• 8 oysters, shelled
• 8 scallops, shelled
• 2 ounces breadcrumbs
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
• 1 ounce dry wine
• 3 ounces butter
• 3 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 pint vegetable oil
• cognac, to flame seafood
• 6 green asparagus spears
• 1 whole lemon
• 1 whole fresh tomato
• seafood cocktail sauce (optional)
• tartar sauce, if you wish (optional)

Recipe

• 1 to prepare: cut the lobster tails and bend back in butterfly style.
• 2 shell and devein the scampis, prawn and shrimps.
• 3 extract the meat from the crab claws.
• 4 if not already done, remove the oysters and scallops from the shell and coat with breadcrumbs.
• 5 finally, wash the lobster, scampi, prawns and shrimps under cold running water and dry thoroughly.
• 6 proceed with the following cooking methods, simultaneously: crabmeat: place the crabmeat in a small ovenproof dish, add 1/3 tsp garlic, 1 tsp lemon juice and half the wine and bake in a moderate oven for 10-15 minutes.
• 7 lobster tails: place in an oven pan; add 1 oz (25 g) butter and 1 tsp lemon juice and bake in moderate oven 8- 10 minutes.
• 8 melt 1 oz (25 g) butter in a frying pan; add 1/3 tsp garlic and the remaining wine.
• 9 sauté scampi, prawns and shrimp for 2 minutes, stirring continuously.
• 10 heat the oil and deep fry the scallops until golden; transfer to a small ovenproof dish; add the remaining butter, garlic and lemon juice and place in a broiler for 5 minutes.
• 11 reheat the oil and deep fry the oysters until golden.
• 12 cut the whole lemon in half and remove the seeds.
• 13 cut the tomato into wedges.
• 14 steam asparagus spears for 5 minutes and plunge immediately into ice water.
• 15 to serve: arrange attractively on a bed of lettuce on a silver platter.
• 16 garnish with lemon halves and tomato wedges.
• 17 drape asparagus spears across the top of the tray.
• 18 pour over the cognac, set aflame and serve immediately.