DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Langouste a la vanille
Grilled rock lobster with a vanilla, shallot and cream sauce.
About Langouste a la vanille
SAVEUR presents langouste à la vanille as a Comorian dish traditionally made with local rock lobster. This grilled rendition pairs the split shellfish with a vanilla cream sauce, following the source’s named rock-lobster option.
Butter, shallots and white wine provide the sauce’s savoury base. Vanilla pods and seeds perfume the cream, while grilling gives the lobster a lightly charred surface.
Sauce is spooned over the lobster halves, with reserved tomalley as an optional finish. A separate firsthand Anjouan account describes the same local combination of grilled rock lobster and vanilla cream.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Langouste a la vanille
SAVEUR's Comorian grilled rock lobster with vanilla cream.
- Rock lobsterProtein
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- ShallotsAromatic
- White wineLiquid
- Vanilla beansAromatic
- Heavy creamLiquid
- Kosher saltSeasoning
- Freshly ground black pepperSeasoning
- Lobster tomalleyTopping · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Rock lobster: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Traditional local rock-lobster option20/26 selected; exact species unspecified. Literal lobster confirms Crustaceans.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Literal dairy butter30.
- Shallots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual wine32; bottle formula and sulphites unprovided.
- Vanilla beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Pods and scraped seeds33/42 retained as one ingredient.
- Heavy cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Literal dairy cream34.
- Kosher salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Freshly ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lobster tomalley (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Actual conditional reserved tomalley40/42 selected over egg-sac alternative; same lobster organ, exact mapping unavailable. Crustaceans positive, not bird Egg.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Comoros
- ComorosCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Comorian Cuisine
- Comorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review