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Lobster Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes is the perfect indulgent dinner. It has buttery lobster meat, blistered cherry tomatoes and perfectly cooked spaghetti. It’s a treat dinner for sure but worth it every time! Put it together in under 30 minutes then serve with a Summer Rosé Sangria and Basque Cheesecake for the best meal.
I love lobster and only eating it when I go out to a restaurant is such a shame! It can be pricy but cooking lobster at home is still cheaper than the restaurant plus it’s so easy and delicious to make yourself for date nights or special occasions. I love everything from Lobster Ravioli, Lobster Mac and Cheese and this Spicy Lobster Bucatini with Burrata.
Ingredients You’ll Need For Lobster Pasta
- Lobster tails – If you’ve never cooked lobster tails at home, don’t worry, it’s super easy. All you need to do is boil the tails for a few minutes, transfer them to cold water then cut off the shell using a pair of kitchen scissors. Easy peasy!
- Tomatoes – I used cherry tomatoes, but grape tomatoes, chopped vine ripe tomatoes or even a can of whole peeled tomatoes can be used. The tomatoes are cooked until they start to burst and it creates a delicious pan sauce with the diced onion, garlic and white wine.
- Wine – Use a light wine like white or rosé wine. I love the subtle flavor wine adds to this pasta dish without it being overpowering. If you don’t have wine use chicken broth.
- Butter – This will thicken the sauce and give it an extra buttery delicious flavor!
For the rest of the ingredients, please refer to the recipe index card below!
How To Cook Lobster Pasta
- Cook the lobster. Bring a pot of water to a boil, salt it really well, then add the lobster tails. Cook for 4-5 minutes, just until cooked through, making sure not to over cook. Let the lobster cool slightly then remove the meat and chop it up.
- Cook the pasta. In the same pot as the lobster after you remove it, we’re saving on dishes!
- Make the sauce. While the pasta cooks, heat up the tomatoes in a medium skillet with oil until blistered. Add the shallot and garlic and cook until softened. Deglaze the pan with wine and pasta water then add the butter and cook until the butter has melted.
- Toss it all together. Add the pasta and toss to evenly combine then add the lobster. Carefully mix together to make sure you don’t break it up too much.
Tips and Tricks
- Lobster substitute. If lobster is a little too costly, feel free to use a half pound of peeled and deveined shrimp, just cook in the pan when you add the shallots and garlic.
- Use your favorite pasta. I used spaghetti for this but you could use any long pasta you wanted to. Bucatini, Linguine, or Fettuccini would all work here.
Recipe FAQs
Boiling them is by far the easiest way to cook lobster tails for lobster pasta. Boil them for 5 minutes then run under cold water to stop the cooking process.
After you have boiled the lobster tail, take a pair of kitchen scissors and make a cut on each side of the top of the shell. From here pull out the lobster meat then cut it into bite-sized pieces.
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Lobster Pasta
Equipment
- 1 medium skillet
- 1 Large pot
- 1 pair of tongs
Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- 2 lobster tails, about 3 ounces each
- 1 pound pasta of choice, (I used spaghetti)
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, stems removed
- 1 shallot or 1/4 yellow onion, peeled and minced
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/2 cup white or rosé wine
- 1/2 cup reserved pasta water
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon Italian parsley, minced, as garnish
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop the lobster tails into the boiling water and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until mostly opaque (if they’re a little under, that’s ok because we’re going to cook them a bit more later on in the recipe). Using tongs, remove them from the water, and run under cold water to stop the cooking.
- Using a pair of kitchen scissors, flip over the lobster and cut the shell on each side (here’s a good video that does a good job at showing how to do it). Pull the lobster meat out of the shell and roughly chop the lobster into bite-size pieces. Transfer to a bowl.
- Add the pasta to the pot and cook until al dente. Reserve some pasta water and drain the pasta.
- To a medium skillet, set over medium-high heat, add the oil. When very hot, add the cherry tomatoes and cook until blistered, about 2 to 3 minutes. Be sure to give the skillet a shake every now and then. Turn the heat down to medium heat and add the shallot, garlic, oregano, crushed red and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Toss and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Pour in the wine and reserved pasta water. Scrape the bottom of the pot and cover the pot to simmer and cook for about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the butter and cook until melted, about 2 minutes. Give it a taste and add salt to taste. Add the pasta and toss until coated.
- Lastly, add the lobster and toss one last time. Divide among plates and top with Italian parsley.
Notes
Tips and Tricks
- Lobster substitute. If lobster is a little too costly, feel free to use a half pound of peeled and deveined shrimp, just cook in the pan when you add the shallots and garlic.
- Use your favorite pasta. I used spaghetti for this but you could use any long pasta you wanted to. Bucatini, Linguine, or Fettuccini would all work here.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This dish was awesome! I only had 2 small lobster tails, so I added a pound of medium shrimp. I didn’t pre cook the lobster, I just chopped it and added it to the sauce with the shrimp. I also added a few dashes of lemon pepper seasoning. Yummo! This is definitely going to be a go to dish!
That wine looks like La Vielle Ferme Rosé! If so, it’s delicious and such a good deal. Recipe looks great as well, I’m just digging you liking the same kind of wine as me!
Looks good & not too hard. And the price is definitely less than going out. But wait… Italy?? Yay! Very exciting! Can’t wait to hear about your trip!!
Hi Adrianna nice to meet you.
I was in Saveur and voted for you !
Hope you win : hugs !
thank you so much gloria!!!!