Lobster Pasta with Creamy Garlic Sauce
This lobster pasta blends a creamy garlic sauce with a crispy topping of lemon garlic panko bread crumbs. The silky, creamy sauce and the sweet, juicy lobster meat is a magical combination that everyone will love. This is sure to be a favorite!
Servings: 4 to 6 servings
Ingredients
Crispy lemon garlic panko topping
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ⅓ cup panko bread crumbs
- zest of 1lemon
- 4 to 5 tablespoons fresh parsley
Lobster Pasta:
- 10 ounces uncooked Rigatoni or penne pasta
- 4 strips bacon cut into bite-size pieces
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 shallot finely minced
- ½ teaspoon each of salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ cup white wine
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 cup cream
- 5 ounces grated Pecorino Romano cheese (about 1 cup grated
- 3 ounces sun-dried tomatoes chopped
- 12 ounces cooked lobster meat
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions.
- Just before draining the pasta, scoop out 1/2 cup of pasta water and reserve for later. Drain the pasta.
- Make the crispy panko topping. Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a skillet. Add the garlic cloves and the panko bread crumbs. Stir continuously until the bread crumbs are golden brown.
- Remove from heat then stir in the lemon zest and fresh parsley. Set aside for later.
- Fry the chopped bacon in a large skillet until crispy. Set the bacon aside and drain the bacon fat from the skillet.
- Melt the butter in the skillet then add the shallot. Saute the shallot until it is soft then stir in the garlic.
- Add the wine and simmer until the wine is almost completely reduced.
- Add the chicken broth, cream, cheese, and sun-dried tomatoes. Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir in the lobster, bacon, and cooked pasta. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes until the lobster meat is heated through.
- If you want to thin the sauce out then stir in the reserved pasta water.
- Serve the lobster pasta with the crispy panko topping.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 599kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 148mg | Sodium: 789mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g
