SPAGHETTI WITH LOBSTER AND MUSSELS

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Categories     Pasta     Shellfish     Tomato     Lobster     Mussel     White Wine     Simmer     Gourmet

Yield Serves 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup dry white wine
1 cup water
two 1 1/2-pound live lobsters
1 pound spaghetti
4 cups spicy tomato sauce
1 pound mussels (preferably cultivated), scrubbed well and beards pulled off
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves (wash and dry before mincing)

Steps:

  • In a large kettle bring wine and water to a boil. Add lobsters and cook, covered, 3 minutes. (They will be partially cooked.) Transfer lobsters with tongs to a large bowl and boil cooking liquid until reduced to about 1/3 cup.
  • Twist off claws and with flat side of a heavy knife crack claws on one side. Cut off tails and cut each tail crosswise into 4 pieces, cutting through shell and discarding dark intestinal vein. Halve body sections and discard head sacs. Reserve tomalley and any roe if desired. Lobsters may be prepared up to this point 4 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
  • In a 6-quart kettle bring 5 quarts salted water to a boil for spaghetti.
  • In a 5-quart heavy kettle bring tomato sauce, lobster cooking liquid, and reserved tomalley and roe if using to a simmer, whisking. Add claws and bodies and simmer, covered, 5 minutes, or until claw meat is just cooked through. Transfer claws with tongs to large bowl and keep warm, covered.
  • Add tail pieces to sauce and simmer, covered, 3 to 4 minutes, or until just cooked through. Transfer tail pieces with tongs to bowl and keep warm, covered. Remove and discard lobster bodies.
  • Add mussels to sauce and simmer, covered, 3 to 8 minutes, checking mussels every minute or so and transferring as opened with tongs to bowl. Keep mussels warm, covered. (Discard any mussels that are unopened after 8 minutes.) Season sauce with salt and pepper and keep warm, covered.
  • While seafood is cooking, cook spaghetti in boiling water until al dente and drain in a colander. Add spaghetti, lobster, and mussels to sauce and heat over moderate heat until heated through, stirring and tossing mixture until spaghetti is coated well with sauce.
  • Transfer spaghetti and seafood to a large platter and sprinkle with parsley.

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