Lobster Thermidor

Ingredients

• ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 1 1/2-lb live lobsters
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons medium-dry Sherry
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• + 2 more ingredients
• • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ¼ pound mushrooms

Plunge lobsters headfirst into an 8-quart pot of boiling salted water*. Loosely cover pot and cook lobsters over moderately high heat 9 minutes from time they enter water, then transfer with tongs to sink to cool. When lobsters are cool enough to handle, twist off claws and crack them, then remov...

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