The cook or prep time does not include cooking the lobster or picking the lobster or the cheese sauce time. I usually do individual casserole dishes for everyone but you could easily do this in a bigger dish, your choice. You will need a batch of Hailey's Favorite Cheese Sauce, recipe #364959 for this. My last 8 1/2 pounder I only boiled for 30 minutes, no more. If you have the fish market cook the lobster, tell them not to over cook it because the meat will cook again. I didn't include a measurement for the tomalley because it depends on what you get from the lobster. If you have access to a fish market that has fresh lobsters and ask the fish monger to save you some of the tomalley it will make a difference. This recipe calls for the tomalley, the green stuff in the head, not absolutely neccesary but it adds a nice flavor to the topping. The biggest one I ever cooked was 10 1/2 pounds. STEP ONE: Line an 18×13-inch baking sheet with wax paper. Recipes Ritz Crackers pretzels, milk chocolate chips, butter, Ritz Crackers, creamy peanut butter and 2 more. Ritz Mock Apple Pie Recipe - Serve with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel. Living near New Bedford and having the luxury of all the fresh seafood markets available, I usually buy my lobsters live and cook them at home and pick them myself. Makes a nice ice cream or fro-yo topping. I played around with this recipe because this is similar to the way my Mom used to make it, but she didn't go by recipes. I've had people say this is the best lobster dish they ever ate.