Lobster Newberg

Lobster Newberg

Lobster Newberg (also spelled Lobster Newburg) is an American seafood dish made from lobster, butter, cream, cognac, sherry, eggs, and Cayenne pepper.[1] The dish was invented by Ben Wenberg, a sea captain in the fruit trade. He demonstrated the dish at Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City to the manager, Charles Delmonico, in 1876. After refinements by the chef, Charles Ranhofer, the creation was added to the restaurant’s menu as Lobster à la Wenberg and it soon became very popular.<ref name "O'Connell">O'Connell, Joe (November 30, 2003). "The unusual story of Lobster Newberg". steakperfection.com. Retrieved 25 June 2012.</ref>

An argument between Wenberg and Charles Delmonico caused the dish to be removed from the menu. To satisfy patrons’ continued requests for it, the name was rendered in anagram Lobster à la Newberg or Lobster Newberg.<ref name "O'Connell"/> It is still quite popular and is found in French cookbooks, where it is sometimes referred to as “Homard sauté à la crème.”[2] When Ranhofer’s printed recipe first appeared in 1894, the lobsters were boiled fully twenty-five minutes, then fried in clarified butter, then simmered in cream while it reduced by half, then brought again to the boil after the addition of Madeira.[3]

Lobster Newberg is related to Lobster Thermidor, a similar dish that involves lobster meat cooked with eggs, cognac, and sherry that appeared in the 1890s.

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  1. ↑ Parloa, Maria (1887). Ms. Parloa's Kitchen Companion. Boston MA (USA): The Clover Publishing Co., Estes & Lauriat. p. 225. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Montagné, Prosper (1961). Larousse gastronomique: the encyclopedia of food, wine & cookery. New York, NY (USA): Crown Publishers. p. 594. ISBN 9780517503331.
  3. ↑ Ranhofer, Charles (1894). The Epicurean. New York, NY (USA): Charles Ranhofer. p. 411. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

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