parmesan + garlic lobster pasta
Creamy parmesan + garlic lobster pasta is a great special occasion (or anytime) dinner! It's loaded with parmesan, white wine and lobster...where can you go wrong?
Ingredients
Poached Lobster
- 2 ½ cups white wine a dry white
- ¼ cup salted butter
- 2 lobster tails
Pasta
- ¼ cup butter
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ cup white wine
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup pasta water
- ¼ cup poaching liquid
- ¾ cup parmesan cheese grated
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 cup green peas optional
- 1 box gluten free spaghetti sub regular
- kosher salt to taste
Instructions
Poached Lobster
- Add white wine and butter to a heavy bottom pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and add lobster tails. Simmer for 5-8 minutes or until tails curl slightly and turn bright in colour. Remove from liquid and set aside. Reserve ⅓ cup of poaching liquid for sauce.
- Remove tails from shell and cut into cubes.
Pasta
- Bring a pot of heavily salted water to a boil and cook spaghetti according to box. Reserve ¼ cup of starchy pasta water for sauce. Drain the pasta and set aside.
- In a pan over medium heat melt butter, add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant. Add white wine, heavy cream, pasta water, poaching liquid and grated parmesan cheese and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until sauce comes together and is slightly thickened. Add green peas (if using) and stir to combine.
- Toss pasta in sauce. Serve with lobster on top, top with additional parmesan.