Italian Salads Recipes - Lobster Salad (Insalata di Aragosta) Recipe

Ingredients 

• 1 cooked lobster

• 1 egg

• Green salad leaves

• 5 ml/1 tsp white wine vinegar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil

• 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh basil

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• 100 g/4 oz peas, cooked

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Method:

1. Remove the meat from the lobster tail and large claws and chop roughly, reserving the washed, small claws for garnish.

2. Boil the egg for 5 minutes and rinse under cold water. Peel, halve and slice the egg into quarters.

3. Arrange the boiled egg and salad leaves on a serving dish. Add the lobster meat.

4. Blend the vinegar, olive oil and basil in a bowl and beat well. Season with the salt and pepper and pour over the lobster.

5. Add the green peas, garnish with the small claws and serve.