Lobster Spaghetti
- Total time
- 60 min
- Serves
- 2
- Cuisine
- American

Ingredients
- 3-8 oz lobster tails
- 1 onion (halved)
- 2 lemons (1 halved and 1 for zest)
- 2 large shallots (about 1/2 cup total, finely chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup harissa paste (plus 1 tbsp)
- 2 tbsp fresh tarragon
- 3 tbsp chives (more for topping)
- 3 tbsp fresh parsley (more for topping)
- 8 oz spaghetti
- Black pepper (to taste)
- Olive oil (to taste)
Steps
- 1
Get the lobster meat out of the shells. Tie the shells in a cheesecloth with an onion. Chop the lobster tails into large chunks.
- 2
Add the lobster and onion bundle into boiling salted water and cook for about 30 minutes.
- 3
Preheat a pan for 2 minutes on high, lower to medium high. Add a bit of olive oil and the lemon, flesh side down.
- 4
Caramelize the lemon for 3 minutes on med high. Lower to medium and add shallot and garlic. Sauté until soft, about 5 minutes. Making sure they don’t burn.
- 5
Deglaze the stuck on bits with the lemon and squeeze the ‘caramelized’ juice. Remove from pan.
- 6
Add harissa paste and raise heat to medium high. Sauté for 2 minutes and add wine. Reduce by half.
- 7
Add lobster with a bit of seasoned salt and let it cook for 2 minutes, you don’t want it fully done because it’ll continue to cook.
- 8
Remove the lobster shell onion bundle from the water removing any white foam left behind on the top.
- 9
Boil the spaghetti in that water until almost al dente.
- 10
Add the pasta to the lobster sauce with pasta water to taste, I did about 1/3 cup. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Turn heat off.
- 11
Add herbs, lemon zest and butter. Mix really well to get it super creamy.
- 12
Serve it with a drizzle of olive oil, herbs and black pepper and that is it!
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