Lobsters, linguine & champagne: happy birthday … to me!
Rule n. 1: special days need special food! I suppose you will trust me if I say that my birthday IS a very special day… so this post is about getting older, be happy and eating the great food my husband cooked for me! Lobsters have always been considered a sophisticated and very good food, that’s maybe the reason why they are so expensive (almost in Switzerland!). We really love them and I remember perfectly that during our honeymoon in New England we had one almost every day, starting from the great one that we had at the Boston Legal Seafood the first night! Of course in the US it’s not so common cook lobsters with pasta, but we are Italian and we are used to cook all kind of seafood and fish with pasta and lobsters are no exception.As far as I can remember, every lobster I had in my life, is linked to special and happy moments so I really hope that, together with this recipe, some of my happiness pass to you! Enjoy!
Ingredients: (serves 2):
- 160 g. of linguine
- 1 clove of garlic
- 4 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 lobster tails
- chopped parsley
- half a glass of cognac
- 500 g. of cherry tomatoes
- salt
Wash the lobster, break one and coarsely chop the pulp. Cut the other 2 in two halves. In a pan fry lightly the garlic with the extra-virgin olive oil, add the lobster pulp and the other tails. After 30 seconds sprinkle with parsley and add the cognac. After 1 minute add the cherry tomatoes cut in 2 halves. Reduce heat and cook covered for about 10 minutes. Cook the linguine in salted boiling water. Drain the pasta and pour it in the pan with the sauce, mix well and… buon appetito!
Gorgeous food. I LOVE lobsters and luckily we live in the East coast where you find them aplenty. Happy birthday and wish you the very very best!
What a great combination … great photo!
thank u!
I crostacei sono così buoni che solo l’opportunità di mangiarli genera felicità, ma anche io, a pensarci, associo aragoste e affini a importanti e gioiosi momenti. Buon compleanno!
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Looks like a great birthday dinner!!
I love seafood pasta…especially scallops in pasta. The other day though I made a shrimp pasta that was very simple but SO tasty 