🦞 New England Lobster Bake

Name: New England Lobster Bake
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: USA · New England
Ingredients: 4 live lobsters (about 600 g each); 1 kg clams, scrubbed; 4 ears of corn, halved; 800 g small potatoes; 400 g smoked sausage, cut into chunks; 1 onion, quartered; 2 lemons; Fresh seaweed or 1 l water, salt, bay leaf

Origin: USA · New England

825kcal

per serving · 500 g

165kcal

per 100 g

70 gProtein14 g / 100 g

25 gFat5 g / 100 g

65 gCarbs13 g / 100 g

A New England lobster bake is a festive seafood feast in which whole lobsters, clams, corn on the cob, potatoes and sausage are steamed together, traditionally layered with seaweed. Everything absorbs a briny, smoky sea flavour: sweet lobster meat, tender clams, juicy corn and savoury sausage. It is served piled on a table and eaten with the hands.

Diets

✓

Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

✓

Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

✓

High protein14 g protein per 100 g — 34% of the calories

Pork — checkbecause of: sausage

Not vegetarianbecause of: lobster, clams, sausage

Not veganbecause of: lobster, clams, sausage

Not keto13 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Crustaceans ⚠ Molluscs

What it is made of

lobsterclamscornpotatosausage

Recipe

4 servings60 min

Ingredients

4 live lobsters (about 600 g each)
1 kg clams, scrubbed
4 ears of corn, halved
800 g small potatoes
400 g smoked sausage, cut into chunks
1 onion, quartered
2 lemons
Fresh seaweed or 1 l water, salt, bay leaf

Method

Put the potatoes, onion, bay leaf and seaweed or salted water in a very large pot; cover and steam for 15 minutes.
Add the sausage and corn and steam 5 minutes more.
Lay the lobsters on top, cover and steam 10–12 minutes.
Add the clams and steam until they open, 5–7 minutes; discard any that stay shut.
Tip everything onto a platter and serve with lemon wedges.

How to make it lighter

Lobster and clams are lean; fill up on them and keep the sausage to a couple of pieces.
Serve with lemon and herbs rather than rich dips.
Choose corn over a second helping of potatoes, and add a big green salad.

History

The lobster bake grew out of the coastal clambake, a seaside cooking method in which food is steamed over hot stones under seaweed. It is a summer tradition along the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts and is often made today in a large stockpot.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →