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The Hirshon Juniper and Herb-Smoked Lobster with 2 Sauces

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The Hirshon Juniper and Herb-Smoked Lobster with 2 Sauces
Juniper-Smoked Lobster Image Used Under Creative Commons License From ‘New Scandinavian Cooking’ Broadcast on KQED

Citizens, I had planned to move forward with a Turkish recipe incorporating Musk (the perfume, not the billionaire) today as part of our week of recipes using rare perfume ingredients. However, I shall instead bump that to the post AFTER this one, as the inspiration for this recipe hit serendipitously as I was watching TV yesterday!

From the comfort of my royal divan, I discovered a recipe for Juniper-smoked lobster on one of my favorite shows, ‘New Scandinavian Cooking’ and decided I could modify it to be even more delicious! Plus, it does indeed fit perfectly in this week’s theme! 🙂 A juniper berry is the female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers. It is not a true berry but a cone with unusually fleshy and merged scales, which gives it a berry-like appearance.

The cones from a handful of species, especially Juniperus communis, are used as a spice, particularly in European cuisine, and also give gin its distinctive flavor. Juniper berries may be the only spice derived from conifers. The flavor profile of young, green berries is dominated by pinene; as they mature this piney, resinous backdrop is joined by what Harold McGee describes as “green-fresh” and citrus notes.

The outer scales of the berries are relatively flavorless, so the berries are almost always at least lightly crushed before being used as a spice. They are used both fresh and dried, but their flavor and odor are at their strongest immediately after harvest and decline during drying and storage.

Juniper berries are used in northern European and particularly Scandinavian cuisine to “impart a sharp, clear flavor” to meat dishes, especially wild birds (including thrush, blackbird, and woodcock) and game meats (including boar and venison). They also season pork, cabbage, and sauerkraut dishes. Traditional recipes for choucroute garnie, an Alsatian dish of sauerkraut and meats, universally include these berries.

Besides Norwegian and Swedish dishes, juniper berries are also sometimes used in German, Austrian, Czech, Polish and Hungarian cuisine, often with roasts (such as German sauerbraten). Northern Italian cuisine, especially that of the South Tyrol, also incorporates the ingredient.

As noted on perfumesociety.org:

Think: ‘gin’. Because – as with that spirit – the juniper berry adds a bracing, exhilarating touch to fragrances. (When you smell gin, you’re basically smelling juniper, actually.) It has a touch of pine to it: a bit sappy, a touch bitter, but definitely fresh – and powerful, so it’s generally used in small doses.

The berries are harvested from a small, shrub-like tree which belongs to the cypress family. It’s a harvest for patient souls: juniper berries (which can be blue, red-brown or orange) take three years to ripen, and are steam-distilled to release their pungency.

Aromatherapeutically, juniper is used for arthritis, sore muscles, poor circulation and (when sniffed) as a ‘pick-me-up’ – and as a perfume ingredient, it certainly revs up a composition. Thanks to its aromatic edge, you’re most likely to be intoxicated by it in ‘shared’ (or masculine) creations. Perfumer Christine Nagel – now working in-house for the Hermès brand – explains that juniper brings ‘freshness and sharpness’ to a creation…

Smell juniper in:

Bond No. 9 Brooklyn
Cartier Les Heures de Cartier L’Heure Brilliant VI
Demeter Gin & Tonic
Penhaligon’s Juniper Sling

Check out all the amazing recipes from New Scandinavian Cooking at www.newscancook.com. Season 8 features a different host – Chef Niklas Ekstedt, a Swedish Michelin-starred chef, cookbook author and television host.

Chef Niklas owns three top restaurants in Sweden and hosted the popular cooking series MAT (“food” in Swedish), as well as other culinary programs in his home country. His juniper-smoked lobster really inspired me, but I heavily tweaked his recipe and have made it my own! 🙂 You’ll need some Icelandic Birch-smoked salt for this recipe – please note that I don’t call for quantities in this recipe, as I think portion size is up to the Chef and how/when you serve this in your dinner.

I hope you enjoy this scent of the Nordic region in my recipe and watch for more perfumed recipes to come shortly! You might want to pair this with another Scandinavian recipe from the show – Svalbard beet soup with goose stock!

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The Hirshon Juniper and Herb-Smoked Lobster with 2 Sauces

The Hirshon Juniper and Herb-Smoked Lobster with 2 Sauces


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Ingredients

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  • 1 1/2 lb. female lobster
  • Mason Jars
  • Juniper twigs
  • Lightly Crushed Dill sprigs
  • Lightly Crushed Tarragon sprigs
  • Lightly Crushed Fresh Thyme
  • Butter
  • Peanut oil
  • Jalapeños
  • Garlic
  • Scallions
  • Peeled ginger
  • Wasabi powder

Instructions

  1. Place 1 ½ lb. female lobster in a plastic bag and leave in the freezer for one hour, where it will ‘go to sleep’.
  2. Bring a large saucepan filled with water to the boil and carefully lower in the whole lobster, ensuring it is completely submerged. Poach for seven minutes, making sure the water does not boil again.
  3. Remove the lobster with tongs and drain on a tray or large plate and allow to cool for 30 minutes then put it into an ice water bath for 5 minutes to firm up the flesh.
  4. Remove claws, crack shell and remove meat. Discard plastic-like cartilage in smaller part of claw. Twist off tail, crack shell and remove meat, reserving lobster roe if present. Slice tail in ½ lengthwise.
  5. Roughly crush lobster shells and roast in a dry, hot pan until bright red and then add Icelandic Birch-smoked salt, fresh thyme, freshly-ground black pepper, the reserved lobster roe if present and a lot of butter for 15 minutes. Strain out shells and solids and reserve butter.
  6. Put meat into sterilized mason jars, add a lit, smoking juniper twig (pine would also work in a pinch) along with fresh dill and fresh tarragon sprigs to each jar. Close jars tightly and serve when guests arrive.
  7. Enjoy with a Chinese seafood dipping sauce made from smoking-hot peanut oil poured over shredded scallion, thinly-sliced garlic, thinly-sliced ginger and thinly-sliced jalapeño and add soy sauce to taste.
  8. Also serve with melted lobster-shell butter mixed with a touch of wasabi powder.
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