Best Ever Lobster & Crab Eggs Benedict | Chef's Favourite

Canadian bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: ham

Turkey bacon is lower in fat, while ham is often more affordable.

hollandaise sauce

🥗Healthier: avocado sauce

💰Cheaper: mayonnaise

Avocado sauce is nutritious, while mayonnaise is a budget-friendly alternative.

Preheat the oven and place garlic in a neutral oil with rosemary, thyme, and bay leaf, leaving an inch of space, and wrap it up for 45 minutes, checking after 30 minutes.

Prepare hollandaise by combining clarified butter and a gastric made from white wine vinegar, orange juice, bay leaves, shallots, and thyme in a pot.

Zest an orange before cutting it in half and squeezing the juice into the pot with the vinegar and aromatics.

Set up a double boiler with one pound (454 grams) of butter to melt for the hollandaise.

Make the poaching liquid for the crab and lobster, adding vinegar to help separate the meat from the shell.

Prepare a citrus broth for poaching, using lemons, oranges, and aromatics, and bring to a simmer.

Cook lobster tail for 90 seconds and claws for 5 minutes in the poaching liquid, then finish cooking in butter.

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