Florida Seafood Pasta in a White Wine Sauce Recipe
Once your family and friends taste this wonderful pasta dish, they won't believe how easy it is to make! I used Florida littleneck clams and Florida lobster along with white wine made from Florida grapes. Serve with a salad made from locally grown greens and your favorite crusty bread.
Servings: 3to 4
Prep Time: 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 10 minutesminutes
Total Time: 30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
8oz.linguine pasta
2Tablespoonsunsalted butter
2garlic cloves, minced
1/2cupSan Sebastian Reserva white wine
1/4cupolive oil
12-16Florida littleneck clams, scrubbed clean
1Florida lobster tail, approx. 3 oz., chopped (remove lobster from shell by cutting through the bottom of the shell with kitchen shears)
salt and pepper
2Tablespoonschopped Italian parsley
Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, grated (optional)
Instructions
Bring salted water to a boil and prepare linguine according to instructions.
Meanwhile, in a heavy bottomed pot or French oven, melt butter on medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add wine and olive oil and bring to a boil on medium high to high heat. Add clams and cook for 7-10 minutes or until all clams have opened up. During the last two minutes of cooking, add the chopped lobster. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Add the cooked pasta to the seafood pot and mix to allow the clam sauce to coat the pasta. Add parsley and parmigiano reggiano cheese and serve immediately.