Lobster Pasta

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Lobster Pasta is a dish so easy to make but brings such an elegant, full of flavor, tasty and satisfying meal to the table. You don't need exceptional cooking skills to create a restaurant style dinner or lunch and bring happiness to the ones gathering around this juicy pasta platter.

Ingredients for 4:

  • 2 lobsters/lobster tails
  • 200 gr. preferred pasta
  • 2L water + 1 tbsp salt for cooking the pasta
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlinc cloves, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 tsp chili flakes
  • 1/2 tsp dry oregano
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 100 gr. snow peas, cut lengthwise 
  • 100 gr. zucchini or baby zucchini, sliced
  • 1 small bunch of parsley, finely chopped 
  • 1 small bunch of basil, finely chopped 
  • 100 gr. grated parmesan cheese + extra for serving
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method:

  1. Place the lobsters/lobster tails in a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and leave to cook for 10 min. Take out of the hot water, leave to cool and take out the meat from the shells. Cut the meat into medium chunks.
  2. Put 2L of water in a large pot together with 1 tbsp salt and bring to boil. Add the pasta and cook according to the package instructions, keeping them al dente. Drain the pasta but keep around 1L of the water in which they have cooked in order to add to the sauce.
  3. In a pan, place the olive oil, garlic cloves, chilli flakes and oregano. Fry for 2-3 min.
  4. Add the crushed tomatoes can and leave to cook for 10 min, by adding water from the pasta, 100 ml at a time, so the sauce will not reduce too much.
  5. Add the peas, the zucchini and the lobster meat and cook for 5  more min. Add more pasta water if needed.
  6. Transfer the pasta to the sauce and cook 1 min. furthermore. 
  7. Take the pan off the heat, add the chopped parsley and basil, the grated parmesan cheese and salt & pepper to taste.
  8. Transfer the pasta to a serving platter and sprinkle some more freshly grated parmesan.

Enjoy!