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by Chef Dewayne Rose
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Summary: Pasta with a medley of shellfish and lobster, topped with cream sauce.
Cooking time (duration): 15
Number of servings (yield): 2
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Ingredients
- ½ Cup Garlic
- 3 Tbsp. Olive Oil
- 1 Cup White Wine
- 8oz Clams
- 1 Tsp. Salt
- 4 Live Prawns
- 16oz Whole Live Lobster
- 8oz New Zealand Mussels
- 8oz Black Mussels
- ½ Cup Fresh Basil
- 1 Stick of Butter
- ½ Cup Green Onion
- ½ Cup Cream
- ¼ Cup Romano Cheese
- ¼ Cup Parmesan Cheese
- 16oz Penne Pasta
- ½ Bell Pepper-Julienne
Instructions
- Start with a large pot, and bring water to boil
- Add pasta, and let cook
- In large pan, render oil hot
- Saute garlic
- Add Cherrystone Clams with a pinch of salt
- Add live prawns, mixing well
- While simmering clams and prawns, prepare to cook lobster
- In large pot, render boiling water
- Add whole lobster
- Allow lobster to cook until shell is a deep red, if not red in color it’s undercooked
- Remove lobster from pot, and cut lobster starting from top, split in half
- Return lobster to hot water in pot, this will remove the cavity
- Remove meat from claw, leaving whole. Leave half lobster intact with shell
- Back in pan, add new Zealand mussels and black mussels
- Cook until mussels and clams have opened up, and prawns are red in color
- Add white wine to deglaze, occasionally stirring seafood to prevent burning
- Add 4 Tbsp. butter to pan
- In another pan, render oil hot
- Add green onion and white wine
- Add fresh herbs
- Add Cream, stir
- Add Pecorino Romano cheese and parmesan cheese, adding remaining cream
- Drain pasta, and introduce to cream sauce pan
- Strain juices from seafood pan into cream sauce
- Add red bell peppers for color, mixing well
- Once pasta is mixed, remove from heat and arrange in serving bowl
To Serve:
- With pasta in serving bowl, top with prawn on each side of bowl
- Add half lobster tail to center of bowl, with claw meat on top
- Garnish with mix of clams and mussels
- Final garnish of fresh sprig of basil and a drizzle of olive oil
- Serve.
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