pauldxb

What is the best way to cook lobster tails on a bbq ? I normally marinade them for 1 hour & then cook them for 5 / 6 mins each side without the shell. A friend suggested keeping the shell on & wrapping them in tin foil & cook them for 10 mins each side.... Any other ideas

Blue Cat

invite me over and I will tell you

shell on baste with a bit of oil, 3/4 mins each side

pauldxb

i can still marinade it though right ? just baste with oil before cooking ? I thought you were going to see HSM2

Shadya

Cooking with the shell on is preferable...

BethPageBlack

I get a lot of jet fresh lobster from my job and I always steam/boil the tails until almost done, then I shell them, roll them around in a bowl of melted butter, then sear them on a charcoal grill for a few minutes, then back into the butter for a second, salt and pepper and serve with steak.

Kim67

That's the first sensible thing you've ever said - sounds great.

pauldxb

That does sound nice, how long would you boil them for ?

BethPageBlack

Depending on the size, just a few minutes 4-5, and when you grill them make sure the butter drips into the grill so it flames up..Turn them constantly. I have a garbage size bag full of small australian tails in my garage freezer and when I read this post I took a few out..I'll take pictures of the process

Blue Cat

not long or they go tough

BethPageBlack

Only use sea salt and the best quality ground pepper, and only, and I cannot emphasize this enough- only use butter, not fake butter. Real butter. We get milk from a local farmer so we just skim the cream and churn it (shake it for 1/2 in a jar) to get ours..

Blue Cat

we don't have many cows or local farmers around here

pauldxb

Lurpack only im afraid

BethPageBlack

I did'nt know you could'nt get butter there, is it illegal? It's not going to work without butter. I put those tails back in the freezer, no point showing you how to do it now.

Blue Cat

Lurpak is butter!

BethPageBlack

You get it on The Black Market or something..?