Linguine con Aragosta

Name: Linguine con Aragosta (Linguine with Lobster)
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 700 g (1½ lb) tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped; 1 glass of white wine; 1 tbsp coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 400 g (14 oz) linguine; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 live lobster, weighing about 1.25 kg (2½ lb), or 2 lobsters weighing 600 g (1¼ lb) each; 1 live lobster, weighing about 1.25 kg (2½ lb), or 2 lobsters weighing 600 g (1¼ lb) each; ½ garlic clove, finely chopped; 90 ml (3 fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil

Linguine with Lobster

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Carluccio's Complete Italian Food

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

About

You will find this ‘posh’ pasta dish in most of the coastal regions., cooked in many different ways. This is the simplest.

Ingredients

1 live lobster, weighing about 1.25 kg (2½ lb), or 2 lobsters w

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Pasta

Method

Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to the boil. Put the lobster in, cover and simmer for 15-25 minutes, depending on size. Remove the lobster and leave to cool, then cut it in half lengthwise and remove the 2 gills (near the head), the dark vein running down the tail and the small stomach sac in the head. Do not discard the green, creamy liver in the head. Take out the tail meat, then cr