Spaghetti with Lobster and Mussels
- 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)
- 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.
white wine, water, live lobsters, spaghetti, tomato sauce, mussels, parsley
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spaghetti-with-lobster-and-mussels-13621 (may not work)