This dreamy lobster casserole recipe is made with tender lobster meat mixed into a sherry cream sauce with buttery cracker crumbs for the ultimate appetizer. Serve with chips or crostini and watch as it disappears within minutes!
Add cream and continue whisking as it comes to a slight boil. Add cheddar cheese and whisk for a few minutes until the mixture thickens (about 3 minutes).
3/4 cup half & half, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese
Take off heat, add lobster and stir to coat. Pour lobster cream sauce in small baking dish.
8 ounces lobster meat
In a medium mixing bowl, add ritz crackers and take a pastry cutter and break up the ritz crackers into small pieces.
13 ritz crackers
Sprinkle crackers on the lobster and place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.
Serve
Eat
Enjoy
Notes
Tips on making the Lobster dish:
The sherry sauce will thicken as it sits, making the final result more like a dip, so factor that into your timing.
If you don't have sherry, you could replace it with white wine.
If you prefer to serve this as a casserole instead of a dip, increase the liquid to 1 1/4 cup and serve immediately.
To lighten up on calories, substitute milk for the half & half. It's truly delicious either way.
The recipe calls for frozen lobster because frozen is convenient and available year round, but freshly cooked lobster is delightful, too.
I use cheddar cheese, but this recipe is also great with gruyere cheese.