How To Make Lobster Thermidor | Cookery School | Waitrose

Learn how to make lobster thermidor with chef tutor Joel Selleck. This extravagant dish is perfect for New Year celebrations and great to present at dinner parties.
Taking you through the step by step process of how to prepare a whole lobster, Joel also teaches you how to make the rich thermidor sauce from scratch.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp unsalted butter
2 shallots, finely sliced
small bunch tarragon, plus 6 extra sprigs
300ml fresh fish stock
1 tbsp plain flour
150ml whole milk
3 tbsp double cream
2 egg yolks
½ whole nutmeg, freshly grated
2 tbsp English mustard
2 x frozen Canadian cooked lobsters, defrosted
4 tbsp cognac (or other brandy)
2 handfuls coarsely grated gruyère cheese (about 50g)
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[@Coldsmoking]

One of my favourite dishes, well explained. I made this a while back after lightly smoking the lobster tail meat. Smoked or otherwise - Delicious!

[@union310]

I made this in remembrance of Mr David Bennett; A fine cook a gentleman to be with and sadly missed. This was his favourite dish! Cheers David.

[@RonBelanger-hw6yj]

Made this last night. Came out great. Thanks for posting.

[@DubzCo]

‘And people will check aswel’ 😂 that’s definitely me Lol

[@janspenno2241]

Really interesting video. Thankyou

[@bellaferman]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@kennethwu115]

Nice one Chef. Thank you very much

[@gundamloverunicorn]

If I were to boil my own lobster to get lobster stock what would you add? Also for the brandy part how long do you let it disappate the brandy before letting it cool and adding into the sauce?

[@vampoftrance]

Thanks, mate!

[@gracesmith6199]

It's 11pm on the 2nd of January & I could eat that right now, I thought it would have been more complicated than that. Thank you for the demonstration.

[@vida2515]

Yummy 😋

[@shaun1049]

Looks lovely 🦞

[@meityburdett9737]

Wow so Delicious! Thank you for sharing!👌👌 Happy New Year!

[@davidcaple5547]

I have cooked many lobster thermidors and I'm sorry to say this is one I will not be repeating! The predominant flavour was the nutmeg, something I have never used before and no tobasco to give it a little lift. :(

[@rodneymacedo6621]

Well explained easy to follow thankyou

[@waitroseandpartners]

Glad to hear it Rodney! 🙌😋 ^Jordan

[@hevahardi2404]

Love it 😍

[@souperfecial]

What kind of cognac do I use

[@katalynagiovanni1001]

🤤 yummy

[@liamhawkins4062]

Excellent.

[@MuhammadTheFinalProphet]

👌🏾

[@lalitmjoshi3407]

OMG!

[@tanyamiller6275]

Nice

[@aryanurag]

Just came in to say.... "I want a lobster thermidor, extra thermidor on the side." N see who else thinks of this line the as the first thing when they hear Lobster thermidor.

[@mohamedjoffe6038]

Great! I'm making this for dinner tonight. You posted this video just in time.

[@dmblum1]

Cheese on lobster?

[@Huntersayan123]

Happy birthday vy

[@tiawilliams3075]

Tasty chef & dish Thank you Waitrose I Got My Waitrose Card in my Purse Happy New Year 2022 I Always look For a Eqyiticite Recipe 🇬🇧🎀❤️🎀

[@Manuelao8]

Viol lo te Finn z😫😩😩😩😩🥺😩😟😎😒😎😎😒😒😩😩😒😎😙🙁🙁😒

[@sholajegus2590]

You need your camera to be closer to your cooking.

[@SilverStarEyes]

I bought one of those lobsters from Waitrose, never again, it had about a tablespoon of meat in it.

[@siradro]

Agreed. They’re absolutely miniature, and chewy too! Best buying decent raw, shell-on frozen prawns, which seem to suffer the freezing process a lot better, retaining their natural sweetness and firm (but not chewy!) texture.

[@LeonardKosbab]

Oooo8o88o

[@nagamahramalingum7027]

One of my top favourite seafood 🦞 for special occasions 🎉

[@pratimathapa3918]

T

[@louiseglover692]

Ball and boe

[@MrAndrewFarrow]

Was the lobster alive when it was boiled? Did it scream?

[@IndigoStargazer]

As long as the lobster’s are dispatched in a humane manner !

[@Fidgottio]

Doubtful. The quickest and most painless way is to stab them where he did the first cut. These were probably boiled alive

[@nooblook2075]

wat

[@josuecoz6723]

So There’s Absolutely No One Here Who Came From Lego Batman?

[@jdotdabs]

Waitrose Essential Lobster

[@stich4255]

What if I have no friends 😭

[@nurse.maureen]

Yy

[@chemmii]

I will stick to my Lobster Imperial merthods..!! Using mustard and anise flavored herbs destroys the flavor of the star of the show..!! The use of Sheldonaise sauce, is the key here, mild flavor with a touch of almond, but Nothing that overpowers the taste of the Lobster itself..!! Why anyone would use overpowering ingredients to muffle the lobsters flavor baffles me...I mean C'mon Man ..... If you love seafood, why would you use anything to drown out the flavor of it.?? Think Shrimp Scampy....butter, garlic, lemon juice Period..!! Quick, and delicious.!!

[@laqueefasteinberg4981]

This might have been mildly useful if waitrose lobster wernt extremely expensive and constantly sold out, along with fully booked delivery slots months in advance when im disabled and they didnt care when contacted, which is disappointing for such a high end retailer.

[@stephen729]

so much effort for so little meat

[@xx7101]

Lady loves meat

[@personalchef9132]

You can eat raw

[@user-gg7ux2rn1h]

Love BG, but really waiting for a vocal coach reaction to be realistic and pick on obvious vocal failures (which do come from tiredness as this is the end of the long concert), but I guess noone wants to have angry fans attack their channel over such underrated thing as truth. Pity

[@xx7101]

Lobster cooked 3x

[@dmblum1]

Cheese on lobster?

[@xx7101]

Weird but 'classical' . Butter is cheeses kin