Happy New Year everyone!
Seems to be the year of the lobster tail for a lot of us 
. We splurged and bought 4 tails. I decided to make two last night and save the others for Valentine's Day. Thanks so much to @Kim Shookfor making the best way to cook lobster tails topic and thanks to everyone who responded. I ended up doing them the way @KennethTrecommended because I made shrimp for shrimp cocktail and thought the shrimp water would be perfect to use on the tails. I added salt and some lemon. Put a skewer through the tails to keep them straight. Brought the shrimp water to a simmer, put the tails in, covered and removed from heat for 15 minutes. PERFECT. It's been a long time since I've had lobster tail....this might have been the best I ever had.
Along with the tails I reheated the prime rib leftover from Christmas dinner in the SV bath at 127F for a couple of hours. Also made my first ever béarnaise sauce. Phew. It tasted good....it might have been a bit too thick... Also did asparagus and @Mmmpompsroasted potatoes.
My mom and stepdad sent some Italian cookies to go with the cioppino we had on Christmas Eve but we were too full so I saved them for last night.
I also made kind of a fun dessert. Berries in champagne jelly:
You mix plain gelatin, sugar and water together over medium heat until dissolved. Remove from heat and add some sparkling grape juice and champagne. Let set up over night and then layer with berries. Tastes so fun and festive.
See you over on the 2024 dinner thread
