Parslied Garlic Butter Grilled Lobster Halves
Comments:	Garlic and freshly chopped parsley are added to the butter to enhance the taste of the lobster. Lobster still needs a little more cooking when removed from boiling water to help prevent the flesh from drying out while barbecueing. For summer looking lobster halves, coated with garlic butter lobster halves are barbecue onto outside barbecue rack. Kept refrigerated, lobster can be boiled and halved up to 4 hours before grilling. Excellent served along with steamed in al-foil rosemary potato cubes, after a Caesar salad. Serve along with a full-bodied fruity oak-tasting Napa Valley Chardonnay.
Servings:	2
Ingredients	Preparation
1 [2 1/2-pound / 1.13-kg] live lobster Parslied Garlic Butter 2 tablespoons [30 g] unsalted butter 2 medium cloves garlic, finely minced 1 teaspoon [5 mL] freshly finely chopped parsley Cooking Liquid Water 1 unpeeled lemon, cleaned then sliced 12 peppercorns 2 bay leaves 1 sprig fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon [5 mL] dried thyme 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt	For the parslied garlic butter, melt unsalted butter into small casserole before mixing in finely minced garlic and freshly finely chopped parsley. Remove from heat and leave to cool. For the cooking liquid, fill a 64-cup [16-L] casserole up to 2/3rds with water. Press a little of lemon slices juice into the water before adding lemon slices. Add peppercorns, bay leaves, fresh thyme spri or dried thyme, and salt. Bring to a hard boil. Plunge live lobster, head first into hot boiling water; cover casserole and leave lobster to boil for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from liquid then leave lobster to cool slightly. Using poultry scissors, hal lobster shell lengthwise; break lobster into 2 halves. Remove lobster stomach. Reserving approximately 2 teaspoons [10 g] cooled parslied garlic butter to brush grilled lobster halves, brush lobster meat and shell with remaining cooled seasoned butter. Preheat barbecue to high intensity. Grill lobster halves, meaty side down approximately 3 inches [7.6 cm] from heat source, for 2 minutes. Turn lobster halves over; grill for 2 minutes more, coating lobster meat with reserved parslied garlic butter. Serve immediately.