Lobster Thermidor

Lobster Thermidor, as served at The Cowshed, Wakefield, United Kingdom, includes both lobster and crayfish meat, but is presented in the classic style

Lobster Thermidor is a French dish consisting of a creamy mixture of cooked lobster meat, egg yolks, and brandy (often cognac), stuffed into a lobster shell. It can also be served with an oven-browned cheese crust, typically Gruyère. The sauce must contain mustard (typically powdered mustard). Due to expensive and extensive preparation involved, Lobster Thermidor is usually considered a recipe primarily for special occasions.

History

The recipe of Lobster Thermidor was created around 1880 by Auguste Escoffier then working in Maison Maire, a Parisian restaurant near the theater Comédie Française. In January 1891, the play Thermidor by Victorien Sardou opened in that theater. The play took its name from a summer month in the French Republican Calendar, during which the Thermidorian Reaction occurred, overthrowing Robespierre and ending the Reign of Terror.[1] Mr Paillard (Maison Maire's owner) changed the name of this recipe after the play gained in popularity.

In popular culture

Lobster Thermidor has a cameo in the famous Monty Python "Spam" sketch.

Anthony Bourdain orders Lobster Thermidor in Season 5: Episode 3 Scotland in the CNN television series Parts Unknown.

Detectives and an informant order Lobster Thermidor to their hotel in Brooklyn nine-nine Season 2 Episode 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Linda's Culinary Dictionary Index". Retrieved March 2007.

External links

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