Lobster Pasta in Pink Sauce

Went to the grocery store and saw they were having a sale on lobster tails...2 for $10 each! I mean...that seems like a steal to me. Was previously frozen but at that price I thought, might as well!

I love doing pasta dishes because it allows for so much creativity and forgiveness. I immediately thought to do a lobster pasta dish. I found this recipe from bon appetit that was close enough to what I wanted to make in terms of flavor profiles that I knew that it would work out.

I used this recipe to cook my lobster tails. I've always been nervous about cooking proteins but damn! Basically just put it under a broiler for 5 min with some butter? So easy!

Unfortunately I do a lot of my cooking and baking without proper measurements. :P. So below are some general guidelines and notes for how I cooked everything.

INGREDIENTS:

- 2 lobster tails + 1 tbsp butter

- 1/2 box of pasta (I chose spaghetti)

- 2 large garlic cloves, chopped

- 1/2 onion, sliced

- 10 small tomatoes

- 1/3 cup cream

- 2 dollops of red sauce (I use any spaghetti sauce I have on hand)

- seasoning to taste: oregano, red pepper flake, salt, pepper

1. Start to heat up enough water + salt to cook desired amount of pasta. Turn the broil on the oven

2. Throw some olive oil in a pan on med low heat. Chop up a couple cloves of garlic and slice 1/2 of an onion. Let those cook in the pan until fragrant and soft (2 min)

3. Add pasta to boiling water with a little oil (I used spaghetti). Cook to al dente based on instructions on the box. (1 min)

4. Cut down the center of the top lobster tail shell and stuff butter in the crack (supposed to use melted butter but I couldn't be bothered with this extra step :P). Put in a foil basket and under the broil. (2 min)

5. Chop up some small tomatoes in halves and toss in the pan with some salt. Cook until the tomato juices are reduced, (3 min)

6. Take out lobster when the tomatoes are added to the pan. (1 min)

7. Add cream and a few dollops of red sauce to the pan, making sure to get all the goodness from the bottom of the pan cooked off and into the sauce. Also add any juices from the lobster that collected in the foil basket. Let this simmer to reduce and thicken (4 min)

8. Take pasta off the burner and into a colander, reserving a couple tablespoons of pasta water and adding to sauce. (1 min)

9. Add oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper to taste. Cut up the lobster and toss in the sauce. Then add the pasta and mix in (3 min)

10. Eat while everything is fresh! Served two hungry people :P