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30+ lovely ways to serve lobster and crayfish

Australian lobsters are at their most affordable price in years. Here's how to make the most of them.

31 recipes
Kylie Kwong's poached lobster.

Kylie Kwong shows how to poach a lobster

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Kylie Kwong
Forget an extravaganza. Serve up something homemade and heartfelt.

Adam Liaw's seafood boil with champagne, lobster and prawns

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Lobster sandwiches for Valentine's.
EASY

Neil Perry's lobster sandwiches

  • < 30 mins
Kylie Kwong's Chinese-style coleslaw.
EASY

Kylie Kwong's Chinese-style coleslaw with Asian herbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Kylie Kwong
Penne with lobster and prosciutto.
EASY

Penne with lobster and proscuitto

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Ceviche salad with avocado and chilli.

Neil Perry's ceviche seafood salad with avocado, coriander and chilli

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
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Prawn cocktail
EASY

Prawn, scallop and crab seafood cocktail

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
SCALLOP CEVICHE WITH GINGER, CHILLI AND CORN
EASY

Scallop or lobster ceviche with ginger, chilli and corn

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Food thumb
EASY

Salad of lobster, king prawns, asparagus and peas

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
King prawn chicken and mango salad.

Neil Perry's prawn or lobster, chicken and mango salad

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Brioche rolls with crayfish, kimchi and sesame mayonnaise.
EASY

Karen Martini's brioche rolls with crayfish, kimchi and sesame mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Neil Perry's prawns and asparagus with gazpacho.

Lobster or king prawn and asparagus gazpacho

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Poached shellfish

Adam Liaw's dill-poached shellfish with brown butter mayonnaise

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Wontons with prawn and chilli oil.

Seafood wontons with chilli oil and soy sauce

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Lobster miso soup with spinach

Jill Dupleix's lobster miso soup with spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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Baked potato, prawns and lemon mayo.
EASY

Baked potato with sour cream and prawns (swap the prawns for cooked lobster)

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
Prawn rolls.
EASY

Prawn or lobster rolls

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Lobster alla plancha.

Lobster alla plancha with saffron aioli

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Lobster roll with chive mayonnaise

Lobster roll with chive mayonnaise

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Lobster tail salad with truffle oil

Lobster tail salad with truffle oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Lobster with ginger and coriander butter and stir-fried vegetables

Lobster with ginger and coriander butter and stir-fried vegetables

  • < 30 mins
  • Lynne Mullins
Scallops with lime, mint and chilli

Scallops or lobster with lime, mint and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Green gazpacho with prawns
EASY

Green gazpacho with prawns

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Porteno's Christmas recipe: Prawn and octopus salad with salsa golf.

Porteno's prawn or lobster and octopus salad

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Ben Milgate and Elvis Abrahanowicz
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Stir-fried scallops with bean sprouts.

Stir-fried scallops or lobster with bean sprouts

  • < 30 mins
Hot and spicy prawns.

Hot and fragrant prawns (or lobster)

  • < 30 mins
Ananas Bouillabaisse

Bouillabaisse

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Gabor Denes
Crayfish laksa

Crayfish laksa

  • < 30 mins
  • Andrew Blake
Let your guests DIY with this Swedish-inspired party platter.
EASY

Adam Liaw's prawn party

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chopped egg and caper sauce.
EASY

Chopped egg and caper sauce

  • < 30 mins
Steamed whole baby snapper in soy and oyster sauce
EASY

Neil Perry's soy and oyster sauce for seafood

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry