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Summer is finally here! Time for a New England lobster bake featuring the Maine ingredient, live lobsters. But you don’t have to fight beach traffic or dig a big hole in your backyard for this lobster bake version.

LOBSTER BAKE INGREDIENTS

4 dozen steamer clams
fresh seaweed
6 potatoes, skin on
6 ears of corn with the husk on
6 medium whole onions
melted or drawn butter
6 sausages
6 live lobsters, about 1 ¼ lb. each.

LOBSTER BAKE INSTRUCTIONS
1.Fill the bottom of pot with 6 inches of wet seaweed.

2.Divide the steamers among 6 pieces of cheesecloth and tie corners so you can pick them up. Place on seaweed.

3.Remove silk and all but two layers of corn husk from the corn. Place corn, potatoes, onions and sausage over the clams in that order. Top off with the lobsters. Put a layer of cheesecloth over the lobsters and cover with another 4 inches of seaweed.

4.Cover closely and place pot over high heat. When steaming begins, reduce heat to medium and cook for one hour and 15 minutes.

Serve with hot crusty bread and melted butter.

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If you don’t live on the beach, no problem! Here is a simple recipe for a lobster bake at home.

Lobster Bake Ingredients
5 lbs. seaweed
4 sm. onions
4 sm. red potatoes
4 (1 1/2 lbs. ea.) Live Lobsters
4 ears sweet corn, shucked except the innermost leaves
2 lbs. mussels
2 cups water

Lobster Bake Instructions
Place a one-inch layer of seaweed (a layer of crumpled aluminum foil to raise lobsters off the bottom of pan will do) in a 16 x 12 roasting pan. Parboil onions and potatoes. Place lobsters on seaweed and arrange the corn and onions between the lobsters and the sides of the pan. Place clams, mussels and potatoes over the lobsters, keeping top level. Layer with the balance of the seaweed and add water to the pan. Cover tightly with a lid or aluminum foil and place on the stove or a preheated grill to cook. Start timing when you first see steam. Cook, covered , for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, but do not uncover for five minutes. Serve your lobster bake with clarified butter, clam broth and coleslaw. 

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