Maine Lobster Pie

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh Lobster Meat, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 1 stick butter
• 5 Tablespoons flour
• 2 ½ cups heavy cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 egg beaten
• 1/4 cup sherry
• 2 cups chopped leeks
• 1 puff pastry sheet, thawed

Cooking Directions

Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat and sauté lobster meat until you see a bit of red coloring, remove lobster meat and portion into ramekins. Add chopped leeks to butter and sauté until soft. Add flour and stir to make a paste. Slowly add in heavy cream and heat until mixture is thick and bubbly. Add 3 tablespoons of cream sauce to egg yolks and combine and then pour egg yolks back into cream sauce. Add sherry to sauce and combine. Pour cream mixture over lobster in each ramekin and cover with puff pastry sheet that has been cut to fit over the top of the ramekin.

Brush puff pastry sheet with beaten egg and bake at 400 for 12 minutes or until pastry sheet is puffed up and brown.