Probably the Best Pie You Won’t Have for Dessert

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Lobster is amazing in itself. When cooked in a pie, it simply astronomical. An all-time favorite lobster recipe, when lobster pie is prepared and cooked correctly the cook will indefinitely be remembered, in certain circles, forever.

Filling
10 tbsp butter
1/2 C sherry
2 C chopped lobster meat
4 egg yolks, beaten
2 tbsp flour
1 ½ C half-and-half
Topping
1/2 cup cracker meal
1/2 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
4 tablespoons melted butter

  • Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
    Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter, add sherry, and boil 1 minute.
    Add lobster and remove from heat.
    Add flour and cook, stirring, until mixture bubbles. Remove from heat.
    Drain and reserve the sherry from the lobster meat
    Stir sherry and cream into the mixture. Return to heat and cook, stirring constantly until thick.
    Add beaten egg yolks
    Stir over low heat about 3 minutes without boiling.
    Place in Pie Plate
    Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over pie.
    Bake about 10 minutes. Let cool.
    Serve.