Spaghetti with lobster fra diavolo is a classic Italian-American dish featuring succulent lobster and tender spaghetti tossed in a spicy, flavorful fra diavolo sauce. This exquisite dish is both visually appealing, with its vibrant red sauce and delicate lobster pieces, and tantalizing to the taste buds. It is an ideal choice for special occasions or romantic dinners. With just a few simple steps and selecting the best recipe, you can create a culinary masterpiece that will impress your friends and family. Whether you're a seasoned chef or a novice in the kitchen, this guide will provide you with all the necessary information to prepare an unforgettable spaghetti with lobster fra diavolo.
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GRILLED SEAFOOD PASTA FRA DIAVOLO
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories main-dish
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- For the chili oil: Combine the oil and crushed red pepper flakes in a heavy small saucepan. Cook over low heat until a thermometer inserted into the oil registers 180 degrees F, about 5 minutes. Strain the oil into a heatproof container.
- For the spicy tomato sauce: Heat a large nonstick grill pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle the tomatoes and chile with 2 teaspoons of the chili oil and sprinkle with the salt. Grill until charred and softened, 4 minutes per side. Transfer the tomatoes to a bowl. Coarsely chop the chile, then add to the bowl with the tomatoes.
- For the pasta: Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the lobster tails and cook until the shells turn red and the meat is opaque, 4 minutes. Transfer the tails to a cutting board. Continue to boil the water and add the linguine. Cook until the pasta has begun to soften but is still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, 6 minutes. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water.
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare the seafood. Gently cut through the top of the lobster shells using scissors to remove the tail meat, then slice each tail in half lengthwise. Transfer to a large bowl and add the shrimp. Drizzle over 1 1/2 tablespoons of the chili oil and 1 teaspoon salt and toss to coat.
- Heat a large nonstick grill pan over medium-high heat. Grill the lobster tails and shrimp until cooked through, 4 minutes per side. Transfer the shrimp to a large bowl. Chop the lobster into 2-inch pieces and combine with the shrimp.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the chili oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the shallots, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 4 minutes. Add the spicy tomato sauce and white wine and bring to a boil. Add the clams and cook, covered, until they open, 4 to 6 minutes.
- Add the pasta and reserved cooking water to the pan along with the Parmesan and toss to coat. Stir in the parsley, butter, lemon zest and salt and black pepper to taste. Add in the shrimp and lobster and drizzle with the remaining chili oil.
SPAGHETTI WITH LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
The spaghetti is tossed with a spicy sauce studded with lobster meat. Best of all? Most of the cooking time is spent simmering.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Time 3h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, and red-pepper flakes, stirring occasionally, until soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and water. Bring to a simmer. Cook until reduced by half, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Season with 1 tablespoon salt and some pepper. Add stock and lobster tails. Cook for 30 minutes. Transfer lobster tails to a plate; let cool slightly. Remove meat from shells; cut in half lengthwise. Discard shells, and return meat to sauce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti until al dente. Drain, and transfer to a platter. Stir basil into sauce, ladle over pasta, and toss.
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO WITH SPAGHETTINI
Look for lobsters that are alive and kicking-the claws shouldn't hang limp-and ones that feel heavy for their size. Cutting and cleaning a live lobster may seem difficult, but it is very easy to get the hang of it. (Placing the lobsters in the freezer for half an hour beforehand makes it even easier.) The lobsters will give off a lot of liquid as you clean them; make cleanup easier by spreading a kitchen towel or two under the cutting board to absorb whatever liquid drips off the board. I have stayed true to Italian-American cooking by seasoning this dish with dried oregano, but brought it into the present by adding a dose of fresh oregano as well. You may remember this as a very saucy dish, but I prefer to serve it Italian-style-not swimming in sauce, but condito, tossed with just enough sauce to dress the pasta.
Yield makes 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Place the lobsters in the freezer about 30 minutes before beginning this recipe.
- Bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil in an 8-quart pot over high heat.
- Cut off the lobster legs and claws from the body with a sturdy pair of kitchen shears. Divide the claw at the joint. Whack the claws with a meat mallet just hard enough to crack the shells. (If you wish, to make it easier to remove the meat from the shell after the lobster is cooked, cut along one side of each of the two joints that were attached to the claw.) Lay one of the lobsters on a cutting board with the tail stretched out. Cut the lobster body in half length-wise by taking firm hold of the tail and inserting a heavy, sharp knife where the tail meets the body section. Bring the knife down to the cutting board in a swift motion, cutting the body section cleanly in half. Turn the knife in the other direction and cut the tail in half in the same way. You now have two lobster halves, each of which consists of tail and body pieces. Do not separate the tail from the body. Cut off the antennae and eyes with the shears and scrape out the digestive sac located inside the shell, behind the eyes. Pull out the dark vein that runs along the tail, but leave the tomalley-the pale-green mass close to the tail-intact. (It adds wonderful flavor to the sauce.) Repeat with the remaining lobsters.
- In a wide, heavy skillet, heat 1 cup of the vegetable oil over medium heat. Pat all the lobster pieces dry with paper towels. Dredge the meat side of the lobster halves lightly in flour and add as many of them, cut side down, as fit comfortably to the skillet. Cook until the lobster meat is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and repeat with the remaining lobster body pieces, adding more oil to the pan as needed. When all the lobster halves have been browned, add the claws and joints to the pan and cook, turning them with long-handled tongs, until the shells turn bright red on all sides, about 4 minutes. Turn the lobster pieces carefully-they are likely to splatter.
- Heat the olive oil in a wide, deep braising pan large enough to hold all the lobster pieces over medium heat. Whack the garlic cloves with the side of a knife and add them along with the lobster legs to the oil. Cook, shaking the pan, until the garlic is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Pour in the tomatoes, add the peppers and dried oregano, and season lightly with salt. Bring to a boil and adjust the heat to a lively simmer. Cook 10 minutes.
- Stir in the fresh oregano and tuck all the lobster pieces into the sauce. Cook at a lively simmer just until the lobster meat is cooked through and juicy, about 5 minutes. If the sauce becomes too dense as it simmers, ladle a little of the pasta-cooking water into the pan. Keep the sauce and lobster warm over very low heat.
- Meanwhile, stir the linguine into the boiling water. Cook, stirring frequently, until done, about 6 minutes. Drain the linguine and return it to the pot. Spoon the liquid portion of the lobster sauce over the pasta, leaving just enough sauce behind in the pan to keep the lobster pieces moist. Bring the sauce and pasta to a boil, stirring gently to coat the pasta with sauce. Check the seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
- Divide the linguine among 6 pasta bowls. Top each with a lobster body and claw. Spoon some of the sauce remaining in the pan over each serving, and serve immediately.
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Add the onion and garlic, and saute over medium heat until they begin to brown. Stir in the pepper flakes and oregano. Stir in stock, tomato paste and bay leaf. Pour the canned tomatoes into a strainer held over the saucepan so that you add the juice but not the pulp. Chop the pulp; then, add it to the saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and cook over medium heat, stirring from time to time, for 30 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in a large saute pan. Add lobster pieces, and sear them over high heat, turning often, until the shells are bright red.
- While the lobster is searing, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the linguine.
- Spoon the sauce over the lobster, bring to a simmer and cook, partly covered, about 10 minutes.
- While the lobster is cooking in the sauce, add the linguine to the boiling water, and cook about 7 minutes, until al dente. Drain well.
- To serve, transfer the lobster pieces coated with sauce to one side of a large platter, leaving some of the sauce in the pan. Sprinkle with half the parsley.
- Add the drained linguine to the sauce in the pan, and reheat briefly, stirring to coat the linguine. Transfer to the platter alongside the lobster, sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1009, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 99 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 93 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 1960 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
While reminiscent of a marinara sauce, red bell pepper, cognac, and jalapeño add hints of newness to this luscious, traditional favorite lobster dish.
Provided by Sheila Lukins
Categories Pasta Shellfish Tomato Dinner Lobster Cognac/Armagnac Anniversary Jalapeño Engagement Party Potluck Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- 1. Pour the tomatoes, with all their juices, into a food processor and pulse until well blended. Set aside.
- 2. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the lobster pieces, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently (and adding more oil if needed), until the lobster turns bright red, 10 to 12 minutes.
- 3. Add the shallots and garlic to the lobster, and toss with tongs. Add the wine and cognac, and cook over medium heat, turning the lobster carefully with tongs, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Then add the bell pepper, jalape&ntilede;o, processed tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, 6 tablespoons of the parsley, and the basil and oregano. Simmer (do not boil), stirring occasionally, over medium to medium-low heat until the flavors blend together, 20 minutes.
- 4. While the mixture is cooking, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the spaghettini and cook until al dente, according to the package directions. Drain, and set aside.
- 5. To serve, make delicate swirls of spaghettini in the center of four shallow pasta bowls. Arrange the lobster tails and claws, with the sauce, on top of the pasta. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons parsley. Serve the lobster bodies and legs in a separate bowl and let the guests help themselves. Serve immediately, with plenty of napkins.
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
Provided by Robert Farrar Capon
Categories dinner, appetizer, main course
Time 20m
Yield 4 pasta-course servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Put the tomatoes and juice into a saucepan and boil hard until reduced by half. Remove from heat and stir in the fresh butter. Set aside until needed.
- Melt the lobster butter in a skillet and cook the garlic in it over low heat until transparent but not browned. Add Cognac and flame.
- Add white wine and lobster stock and boil hard until reduced by at least half.
- Add lobster meat, season to taste with salt, pepper and red pepper and simmer, uncovered, until reduced to a saucelike consistency. Serve over pasta.
SPAGHETTI WITH CALAMARI FRA DIAVOLO
Make and share this Spaghetti With Calamari Fra Diavolo recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Laka
Categories Spaghetti
Time 1h
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Sauté onion in hot olive oil until tender and golden, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté for 30 seconds.
- Stir in the tomatoes with their juices, broth, wine, tomato puree, ½ tablespoon dry oregano, cayenne pepper, smoked paprika and the red pepper flakes. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 15 - 20 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce is lightly thickened and the flavors have blended.
- Add the squid, cover, reduce the heat to low and cook for 25 - 30 minutes until very tender. Stir in the remaining oregano.
- Meanwhile cook spaghetti in lots of boiling water according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- Drain and stir into the warm sauce. Toss thoroughly until the pasta is fully coated with sauce.
- Serve immediately sprinkled with fresh parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 990.4, Fat 19.9, SaturatedFat 3.3, Cholesterol 583.5, Sodium 139, Carbohydrate 132.6, Fiber 9, Sugar 12.6, Protein 60.9
Tips:
- Use the freshest ingredients possible. This will result in the best flavor and texture for your spaghetti with lobster Fra Diavolo.
- Don't be afraid to adjust the spiciness level to your liking. If you like things hot, add more red pepper flakes or crushed red pepper. If you prefer a milder dish, use less.
- Cook the lobster meat until it is just opaque. Overcooked lobster will be tough and chewy.
- Serve the spaghetti with lobster Fra Diavolo immediately after it is cooked. This dish is best enjoyed hot and fresh.
Conclusion:
Spaghetti with lobster Fra Diavolo is a delicious and impressive dish that is perfect for a special occasion. With its rich and flavorful sauce, tender lobster meat, and spicy kick, this dish is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a seafood dish that is both elegant and easy to make, give spaghetti with lobster Fra Diavolo a try. You won't be disappointed!
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