Pickled Lobster

Name: Pickled Lobster
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: ½ cup Rice wine vinegar; 4 tsp Sugar; Chili pepper seasoning; 3 tbsp Water; Pinch Salt, kosher; Pinch Salt, kosher; 4 Lobster - tails & claws, blanched, sliced; 4 Lobster - tails & claws, blanched, sliced; 1 Bay leaf; ⅛ tsp Black peppercorns; ⅛ tsp Coriander seeds; Pinch Mustard seeds; Pinch Celery seeds; 1 small pack Shimeji mushrooms; 2 oz Lobster mushrooms; 12 Snap peas; 8 pieces Lemon peel; 4 pieces Rye Bread, cut in half

Crusty Bread

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Viva La Lobster

By Grant MacPherson

Published 2025

About

Ingredients

Brined Pickled Lobster

½ cup Rice wine vinegar
4 tsp Sugar
Chili pepper seasoning

Americas
Canada
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Prepare pickling juice - Combine vinegar, water & sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Wrap the sachet ingredients in a 2” x 2” cheesecloth & Tie with kitchen string - add to the vinegar-sugar solution. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until the sugar & salt dissolve.

Place blanched lobster in a mason jar. Pour the pickling liquid over the tails & claws. Press d