Lobster Rolls in Dallas: Chef Julian Barsotti of Nonna Makes Them on Fridays!

Posted on October 21st, 2010 10:06am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Sandwiches, Travel

Best lobster roll I've ever eaten. Harrasseeket Lunch and Lobster in Freeport, Maine.

Chef Julian Barsotti of Nonna went to New England this summer and ate lobster rolls. (Hmm, that sounds familiar.) He ate them in Maine, but more specifically in Nantucket, Mass. “I became kind of obsessed,” he says. “I really wanted serve a really great version of it here, hence the idea for lunch.” Oh, I buried the lead. Nonna is now open for lunch on Fridays only.

I’ll let chef Barsotti explain his version of the lobster roll.

Our version I think is very good, but worth noting, not authentic. We serve it on my grandmothers soft yeast rolls that are buttered and toasted in the wood oven. The mixture is steamed claws and knuckles (we use the tails for ravioli at dinner service), aioli, celery heart for crunchy texture, sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper, and a little a smoky pimenton. In addition to the lobster roll, we serve two other sandwiches: A slow roasted, thinly sliced porchetta sandwich with spicy broccoli rabe and jus and a braised Berkshire meatball sandwich with house-made mozzarella and Parmigiano Reggiano.  All sandwiches are on housemade breads.  We also have more familiar Nonna menu items available in concise and inexpensive form.

Be. There. Tomorrow.

8 comments

  1. He’ll have a hard time beating John Tesar’s lobster roll at Dallas Chop House. That one is killer!

    @ 10:14 am on October 21, 2010

  2. Wasn’t Barsotti supposed to be opening an casual Italian deli-type eatery in the K-H area?

    @ 10:32 am on October 21, 2010

  3. sneeb,
    still is

    @ 11:26 am on October 21, 2010

  4. Love the “Be. There. Tomorrow.”! As if Leslie needs anything else to make her less relevant.

    @ 11:26 am on October 21, 2010

  5. Roast Pork Italian is invading Dallas! Just had one at Jimmy’s and we’ve had one planned forever. Nonna lunch sounds great.

    @ 1:06 pm on October 21, 2010

  6. @MoMo think Nancy said “be. There. Tomorrow.”

    @ 7:07 pm on October 21, 2010

  7. It’s on my list!

    @ 7:08 pm on October 21, 2010

  8. “He ate them in Maine, but more specifically in Nantucket, Mass”

    That doesn’t even make sense.

    @ 2:42 pm on October 22, 2010