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The Grill Dads’ Lobster Pot Pie Recipe

Course Dinner
Keyword Seafood
Cook Time 1 minute
Author Mark & Fey

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 large onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 cups fish stock or lobster stock
  • 1 tablespoon sherry
  • 2 teaspoons The Grill Dads' Salt Pepper + Three Chiles Rub
  • 3 tablespoons creme fraiche or heavy cream
  • 1 pound cooked fresh lobster meat
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen pearl onions
  • 1/2 cup minced flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 14-ounce package frozen puff pastry, 2 sheets, thawed according to the package directions

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chopped onion and saute until translucent, 10 to 12 minutes. Whisk in the flour and cook for 2 minutes, or until the flour smells nutty and no longer looks dry. Whisk in the stock, sherry, and Salt Pepper + Three Chiles and bring to a simmer to thicken. Remove this sauce from the heat and gently stir in the creme fraiche.
  • Chop the lobster into bite sized pieces. Add the lobster meat, peas, pearl onions, and parsley to the sauce skillet.
  • Unfold the puff pastry onto a light floured surface and use a large circle cutter to cut 8 rounds of puff pastry. Move the rounds to a parchment paper baking sheet and bake until golden brown, and puffed, about 10 minutes.
  • Move the lobster mixture to oven safe ramekins or mini cast iron skillet and arrange on a baking sheet. Place one piece of puff pastry on each ramekin. Bake the pot pies for 10 minutes to heat the filling. Serve immediately.
  • Technique Tip: Cook the lobster meat yourself by getting some tails and claws in the shell and cooking them over a direct flame on the grill to add some delicious smoky flavor to compliment the creaminess of the pot pie.
  • Swap Option: King crab would be a nice substitution.