Lobster Cobb Salad

A luxurious twist on the classic Cobb salad featuring succulent lobster meat, crispy bacon, and fresh vegetables arranged on a bed of iceberg lettuce, finished with a rich homemade dressing and crumbled blue cheese.

6 servings
20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 head iceberg lettuce
  • 6 whole hard-boiled eggs
  • 8 slices bacon
  • 2 cups watercress
  • 2 whole avocados
  • 2 whole tomatoes
  • 2 whole steamed lobsters
  • to taste salt and pepper
  • 1 cup blue cheese
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1 clove garlic
  • to taste salt and pepper
  • 2 whole hard-boiled egg yolks
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons fresh chives

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Make a bed of lettuce on a platter, in a shallow serving bowl, or on individual plates. Arrange over the lettuce, in rows or in a checkerboard pattern, the eggs, bacon, watercress, avocados, tomatoes, and lobster meat, covering the lettuce almost completely. Season with salt and pepper.

    10 min

  2. 2.

    In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, maple syrup, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Using a fork, mash in the egg yolks to make a paste. While whisking, slowly drizzle in the olive oil to form a thick dressing. Stir in the chives.

    8 min

  3. 3.

    To serve, pour some of the dressing over the salad. Sprinkle with the blue cheese. Serve the remaining dressing on the side.

    2 min