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Lobster Pasta with Herb Parmesan Sauce

This elegant lobster pasta recipe is bursting with succulent lobster poached in butter in a creamy parmesan sauce with flavorful herbs. It's the perfect recipe to make for your next date night or Valentine's Day.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 2 main course servings
Calories: 500 kcal
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces pasta
Butter Poached Lobster
  • 3 5 ounce lobster tails
  • 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1 clove garlic peeled and smashed
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Herb Parmesan Sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic minced or pressed
  • 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves stripped from stems
  • 2 tsp fresh basil torn apart
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes more if you like spice
  • Zest of half a medium lemon
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese freshly grated
  • 1/2 cup reserved pasta water
  • Fresh basil and parmesan cheese for serving

Instructions

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  1. In a dutch oven or large pot, bring about 5 quarts of water to a rolling boil while poaching the lobster. Cook your pasta of choice to al dente according to the package directions.
  2. Butter Poaching Lobster
  3. Use kitchen shears to gently cut the bottom of the shell of the lobster tails from top to the tip of the tail.
  4. Carefully pry out the meat, bonus points if you can get the meat from the flap part of the tail and clean out any veins that weren't taken out with the carapace and pat dry with paper towels and season with the kosher salt.
  5. In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat with the smashed garlic clove.
  6. Add in the lobster tails and cook them in the butter, flipping them after about a minute or two. Cook the lobster until it's opaque, about 4-5 minutes total.
  7. Take them out of the pan and chop them up into large chunks on a cutting board.
  8. Garlic Herb Parmesan Sauce
  9. In the same pan put the minced garlic, thyme, basil, lemon zest and red pepper flakes and cook for about a minute, stirring to make sure nothing burns. We want to cook it just until the garlic is really nice and fragrant but not browned.
  10. Turn off the heat and add the hot cooked pasta into the garlic butter pan along with the reserved pasta water. Throw in all the parmesan cheese and give it a really good toss with tongs to mixed all the ingredients together and melt the parmesan into the water.
  11. Add the chopped lobster meat into the pot and give a gentle toss together to mix the lobster into the dish.
  12. Serve your lobster pasta immediately while still hot, garnish with fresh basil and more parmesan cheese.

Notes

  • Both the sauce and the lobster can be made ahead! Simply reheat them in a large saucepan or skillet over medium low heat just until the lobster meat is warmed through. While this is happening, boil your pasta and toss the pasta in with the parmesan to finish the dish.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1g Calories 500kcal (25%) Carbohydrates 70g (23%) Protein 20g (40%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 8g (40%) Polyunsaturated Fat 5g Cholesterol 39mg (13%) Sodium 865mg (36%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 2g (4%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2main course servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 500

% Daily Value*

Serving 1g
Calories 500kcal 25%
Carbohydrates 70g 23%
Protein 20g 40%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 8g 40%
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g 29%
Cholesterol 39mg 13%
Sodium 865mg 36%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 2g 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.