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Lobster Thermidor

Traditional dish from France

About Lobster Thermidor

French lobster dish

Lobster Thermidor is a French dish of lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed into a lobster shell and browned. The sauce is often a mixture of egg yolks and brandy, served with an oven-browned cheese crust, typically Gruyère. The sauce originally contained mustard, typically powdered.

Cuisine Type

  • French cuisine
  • cuisine of the United States

Components

  • egg as food
  • lobster
  • Sherry

Dietary Information

Traditional France cuisine

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