Lobster Ceviche with Limestone Lettuce

Name: Lobster Ceviche with Limestone Lettuce
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced; ½ tsp. ají panka (Peruvian chile paste); ½ powdered ginger; ½ freshly ground black pepper; ¼ cups fresh lemon juice; 2 pinches salt dissolved in 2 tbsp. water; 1 tsp. yuzu juice; 2 tsp. soy sauce; Meat from 1 boiled 2-lb Maine lobster, cut into ½" pieces and chilled; 12 very small bibb lettuce leaves; ½ small red onion, peeled and very thinly sliced; 3 cherry tomatoes, stemmed and quartered; 3 sprigs fresh cilantro plus 12 fresh cilantro leaves

Serves
serves 4

NICOLE FRANZEN

This recipe, which came from noted chef Nobu Matsuhisa, is typical of the cross-cultural innovations that made him such a success. Limestone is another name for bibb or boston lettuce.

Ingredients

1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
½ tsp. ají panka (Peruvian chile paste)
½ powdered ginger
½ freshly ground black pepper
¼ cups fresh lemon juice
2 pinches salt dissolved in 2 tbsp. water
1 tsp. yuzu juice
2 tsp. soy sauce
Meat from 1 boiled 2-lb Maine lobster, cut into ½" pieces and chilled
12 very small bibb lettuce leaves
½ small red onion, peeled and very thinly sliced
3 cherry tomatoes, stemmed and quartered
3 sprigs fresh cilantro plus 12 fresh cilantro leaves

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Instructions

Step 1

Whisk together garlic, ají panka, ginger, pepper, lemon juice, salted water, yuzu juice, and soy sauce in a medium bowl. Add lobster meat to dressing and toss to combine.

Step 2

Arrange 3 of the lettuce leaves on each of four chilled salad plates. Divide lobster meat among lettuce cups. Place a small tangle of onions and 1 tomato quarter on top of each serving of lobster. Spoon a little of the dressing over top of lobster and into each lettuce cup. Mince cilantro sprigs, sprinkle on top of onions and tomatoes, then top with cilantro leaves.