Lobster Thermidor with Saffron Sauce

3 Lobster tails stuffed and baked in a dish as Lobster Thermidor.

The Best Lobster Thermidor

If you’re a fan of lobster meat, you’re going to love this Lobster Thermidor recipe. The very definition is Lobster meat, cooked in a cream sauce, returned to it’s shell, sprinkled with cheese and baked to perfection. Well, in not so many words, my recipe is very similar, only better. My Saffron sauce is what I use in this recipe and it’s to die for. It’s a cream sauce with the cheese already cooked into it, much like an Alfredo, with the addition of Bread Crumbs over the top for a light crisp.

3 Lobster tails with the meat removed on a cutting board with a pair of sheers.

How to Prepare Lobster Tails

Removing the membrane, on the underside of the lobster tail, with the fins, is the best way, in my opinion, to stuff the tails with meat. Once the meat is removed, you can rinse and clean the shells and devein the tails. Instead of chopping the meat into pieces, afterwards, I prefer to cut them in half, first. This makes it easier to add a nice sear on the tail meat. I little color and texture go a long way, flavoring this dish. I also like to marinate the meat before searing.

If you’re looking for a recipe to stuff an entire lobster, check out my Stuffed Lobster recipe. It’s preparing with a creamy sauce including shrimp, scallops and crab meat stuffed into the cavity along with the addition of Lobster Claw and Tail meat.

Chopped Sautéed Lobster in Saffron Sauce.

Making the Saffron Sauce

I came up with this Saffron Sauce a while back for my Sea Scallops and when I first tasted it I knew, this sauce was liquid gold. It can pair with just about any oceanic recipe including mollusks, crustaceans and fish or squid, it’s that good. So, pairing it with this Lobster to make it Thermidor was a no brainer and the results are fabulous.

After I sear the marinated Lobster tail meat, I remove it from the pan and chop it into smaller bite size pieces. Then I make the sauce in the same pan. Once all of the ingredients are added, I add the tail meat back to the pan so it can finish cooking in the Saffron Sauce. Once the meat is cooked all the way through, I remove it from the pan, once again, and I continue to cook the sauce until it reduces and thickens like a gravy. Then remove it from the heat.

Lobster Thermidor Ingredients:

3 to 4 12 oz Lobster tails or 10 5 oz tails

Marinade
4 tbsp Butter, melted
1/2 tsp Blackened Seasoning
1/2 tsp Parsley, dried
1 Garlic Clove Chopped
1 pinch Kosher Salt and Pepper

Saffron Sauce
1 Garlic Cloves, chopped
4 tbsp Butter
1/4 cup Sweet Vermouth
1/4 cup Lobster Broth
1/4 cup Heavy Cream
1/4 cup Parmesan
1 tsp Chives, dried
1 pinch Saffron
Salt & Pepper to taste

1/2 cup Seasoned Panko

Follow the instructions in the video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make this Lobster Thermidor with Saffron Sauce.

Bloody Mary Roast with Gravy

4 lbs Boneless Beef Chuck Roast, raw, still in the package.

Slow Cooker Roasts

I think that most people know that roasts are at their best when they’re cooked slow and low and this Bloody Mary Roast with Gravy is no exception. I use a standard Crock-Pot for this recipe or “Slow-Cooker” but you’re more than welcome to cook this in the oven, with a lid, at 200° Fahrenheit for the recommended 8 hours. The gravy is just a synch.

Fully cooked and shredded Bloody Mary Roast(Beef Chuck), on a white cutting board.

Bloody Mary Roast with Gravy Ingredients:

1 4 to 5 lbs Boneless Beef Chuck Roast
2 cups Bloody Mary Mix, Zing Zang

Gravy
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
3 cups Roast Juice

Kosher Salt to taste

Cook in a Crock-Pot on low for 8 hours then make your gravy. I recommend adding Roasted Onions, Potatoes and Carrots as a side. Just follow the instructions in the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make this Bloody Mary Roast.

Bloody Mary Roast Tutorial by PoorMansGourmet.

Cheese Sauce

4 pictures collaged. Cheese Sauce, Cheese Sauce over Broccoli, over Tator Tots and on a Cheesesteak.

Velveeta Cheese Sauce

This is one of the easiest and tastiest Cheese Sauce recipes out there. Unfortunately, for some, you’re not going to be happy with the source or it’s availability because it absolutely is a processed cheese and it’s not sold globally. So, if you don’t like processed cheese, this is NOT the recipe for you. If Velveeta Cheese isn’t available where you live, maybe Amazon can get it there for you to try and decide.

Just know, for those don’t mind processed cheese, that this sauce is amazing and it goes great on everything, including Macaroni. You probably noticed the other examples I filmed and pictured with cheese sauce on them; Broccoli, Tater Tots and Cheesesteak. You can also turn this into a great Nacho Cheese Sauce by simply adding chopped Jalapeno Peppers instead of Parsley.

Velveeta Cheese Sauce in a Green dish on a Butcher Block Counter top.

Cheese Sauce Ingredients:

1 cup Velveeta Cheese
1 cup Half and Half
1 tsp Parsley, dried
1 tsp Chives, dried
1/4 tsp Blackened Seasoning

Be sure to follow the instructions in the video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make this amazing Velveeta Cheese Sauce.

Cheese Sauce recipe video tutorial by PoorMansGourmet.