Lobster and pasta
(6 servings)

I N G R E D I E N T S

2 kilos lobster
1-2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
a little basil, parsley or spearmint
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup of tomato sauce
1 packet of spaghetti

P R E P A R A T I O N

Boil a pot of water and as the water starts to bubble, add the lobster and leave it for
ten minutes, until its flesh is firm.
Take it out of the pot and keep the stock. Heat the olive oil in another pot, and lightly
sauté the garlic and onion, adding the pepper for the fragrance.
Before the garlic and onion begin to become golden add the herbs (any of them, or
all of them), the tomato and a little of the lobster stock.
Score the lobster horizontally and put it in the boiling sauce.
Leave it in the sauce for ten minutes. In the meantime, boil the pasta in
the rest of the stock.
When they are almost done, strain them and add them to lobster sauce.
Let them boil for a while together, and season to taste.

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