Brie Cheese Lobster Dip
This dip is hot, cheesy and baked to perfection with chunks of lobster in it. Always a crowd pleaser of an appetizer and feels super fancy while making and eating it! 🦞
If you love brie cheese and making flavorful cheesy dips then you have to try adding lobster next time! This dip packs in a ton of flavor and will have your guests asking for the recipe. A cheesy lobster dip is the perfect dip to make if you are having people over. I mean, just give me a bowl of this, a baguette and some wine and I am good to go. The brie cheese making is earthy and creamy, while the mozzarella gives it that fantastic cheese pull and those lobster chunks compliment both cheeses beautifully. I can’t wait to share this recipe with you below!
Ingredients for Brie Cheese lobster dip
If you have ever baked brie cheese then you will know how creamy, earthy and dipable it comes out of the oven! Imagine adding in your favorite spices and some lobster chunks- you have yourself a DELICIOUS dip that is surprisingly easy to make.
Don’t let lobster intimidate you. It is really easy to cook! Especially lobster tails. All you need to do is boil them for about 5 minutes- until the shells turn a bright red color. and they are ready to be cracked open. Remove the meat and chop into rough pieces and that is it. It is really one of the easiest shell fish to cook and add to an appetizer, meal or dip (like this one) to pack in a ton of flavor!
If you want to make it even easier, you can just buy frozen chunks of lobster meat.
Here are all the ingredients that you’ll need for this cheesy lobster dip recipe:
lobster meat
brie cheese wheel
cream cheese
mozzarella
garlic cloves
shallot
sour cream or Greek yogurt
lemon
paprika
salt and pepper
parsley
What to serve this dip up with:
Crackers: I love to get a crispy crunchy cracker like Stacy’s or tortilla chips. Something salty with a bite to it!
Chips: Any kind of pita chips would work!
Baguette: You can cut a fresh baguette into slices and even bake it in the oven for 5 minutes with olive oil and salt to crisp is up a little.
Veggies: Celery sticks, carrot stick, or cucumber slices.
I get my lobster from Maine- it’s the sweetest Lobster in the world and can be bought directly from them to your doorstep ALL YEAR ROUND. Shop Maine Lobster here!
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TIP: if you want it to get brown and crispy on top, for the last 5 minutes of baking set your oven to broil.
Brie Cheese Lobster Dip
This dip is hot, cheesy and baked to perfection with chunks of lobster in it. Always a crowd pleaser of an appetizer and feels super fancy while making and eating it!
Ingredients
- 5-6 lobster tails or 1 lb of lobster meat
- 8 oz brie cheese wheel
- 8 oz softened cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups of shredded mozzarella
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 1/2 chopped shallot
- 1/3 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 tsp paprika
- salt & pepper (to taste)
- 1 tsp chopped up parsley
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 F.
- Boil some water in a medium sized pot and once it reaches bubbly add in your lobster tails and cook them for 5 minutes (I undercook them a bit because they will cook more in the oven)
- Remove lobster tails and place in an ice bath to stop the cooking process
- Once they are cooled down, then cut the lobster tail from the top to the tail (I used scissors) and remove lobster vein and throw away. Then take out the meat and cut into discs. Set lobster cut up chunks aside.
- Take the rind off your brie cheese wheel using a knife or a slicing tool like this and chop into small cubes.
- In a pan on medium heat add your diced shallot and garlic. Cook until fragrant and transparent (around 3 minutes)
- Then add in your lobster meat and paprika for 1 minute. This is to give the dip and lobster meat lots of flavor.
- To another bowl add softened cream cheese, sour cream, lemon juice and mozzarella and mix until combined.
- Then fold in your brie cheese and lobster chunks.
- Add dip into to an oven safe dish and top with a bit more mozzarella cheese.
- Bake dip for 15 minutes uncovered and add on fresh parsley for a garnish. Enjoy warm with pita chips!
You’ll want to add your minced garlic, shallots, lobster chunks, paprika and some salt and pepper to a pan on medium heat to fusion together all those flavors!
Before your dip goes into the oven it should look something like this
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