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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