Lobster Fra Diavolo is a classic Italian-American seafood dish that combines the rich, succulent flavor of lobster with a spicy, flavorful tomato sauce. Originating from the coastal regions of Italy, this dish has become a beloved favorite in many restaurants and homes worldwide. The combination of tender lobster meat, aromatic herbs, and a fiery tomato sauce creates a tantalizing culinary experience that is both satisfying and memorable. This article offers a collection of Lobster Fra Diavolo recipes that cater to diverse tastes and preferences. From traditional preparations to contemporary variations, these recipes provide a range of options for seafood enthusiasts to explore the culinary delights of this iconic dish. Whether you prefer a classic tomato-based sauce, a creamy bisque, or a spicy arrabbiata sauce, this article has a recipe that will surely ignite your taste buds.
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LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Add the onion and garlic, and saute over medium heat until they begin to brown. Stir in the pepper flakes and oregano. Stir in stock, tomato paste and bay leaf. Pour the canned tomatoes into a strainer held over the saucepan so that you add the juice but not the pulp. Chop the pulp; then, add it to the saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and cook over medium heat, stirring from time to time, for 30 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in a large saute pan. Add lobster pieces, and sear them over high heat, turning often, until the shells are bright red.
- While the lobster is searing, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the linguine.
- Spoon the sauce over the lobster, bring to a simmer and cook, partly covered, about 10 minutes.
- While the lobster is cooking in the sauce, add the linguine to the boiling water, and cook about 7 minutes, until al dente. Drain well.
- To serve, transfer the lobster pieces coated with sauce to one side of a large platter, leaving some of the sauce in the pan. Sprinkle with half the parsley.
- Add the drained linguine to the sauce in the pan, and reheat briefly, stirring to coat the linguine. Transfer to the platter alongside the lobster, sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1009, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 99 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 93 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 1960 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
While reminiscent of a marinara sauce, red bell pepper, cognac, and jalapeño add hints of newness to this luscious, traditional favorite lobster dish.
Provided by Sheila Lukins
Categories Pasta Shellfish Tomato Dinner Lobster Cognac/Armagnac Anniversary Jalapeño Engagement Party Potluck Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- 1. Pour the tomatoes, with all their juices, into a food processor and pulse until well blended. Set aside.
- 2. Heat the olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the lobster pieces, and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently (and adding more oil if needed), until the lobster turns bright red, 10 to 12 minutes.
- 3. Add the shallots and garlic to the lobster, and toss with tongs. Add the wine and cognac, and cook over medium heat, turning the lobster carefully with tongs, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Then add the bell pepper, jalape&ntilede;o, processed tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, 6 tablespoons of the parsley, and the basil and oregano. Simmer (do not boil), stirring occasionally, over medium to medium-low heat until the flavors blend together, 20 minutes.
- 4. While the mixture is cooking, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the spaghettini and cook until al dente, according to the package directions. Drain, and set aside.
- 5. To serve, make delicate swirls of spaghettini in the center of four shallow pasta bowls. Arrange the lobster tails and claws, with the sauce, on top of the pasta. Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons parsley. Serve the lobster bodies and legs in a separate bowl and let the guests help themselves. Serve immediately, with plenty of napkins.
SPAGHETTI WITH LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
The spaghetti is tossed with a spicy sauce studded with lobster meat. Best of all? Most of the cooking time is spent simmering.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Time 3h
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook onion, garlic, and red-pepper flakes, stirring occasionally, until soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes and water. Bring to a simmer. Cook until reduced by half, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Season with 1 tablespoon salt and some pepper. Add stock and lobster tails. Cook for 30 minutes. Transfer lobster tails to a plate; let cool slightly. Remove meat from shells; cut in half lengthwise. Discard shells, and return meat to sauce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti until al dente. Drain, and transfer to a platter. Stir basil into sauce, ladle over pasta, and toss.
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
This recipe for lobster fra diavolo is courtesy of Sal Scognamillo, the owner of Patsy's.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Fill a large stockpot two-thirds full with cold water; set over high heat. Bring to a boil. Add lobsters and return to a boil, let cook about 12 minutes. Using tongs, remove lobsters, and transfer to a platter or large bowl. Using kitchen scissors, trim the tip of each lobster claw; allow the liquid to drain, and discard. Split lobsters lengthwise.
- In a large skillet, bring Fra Diavolo sauce to a boil over medium-high heat; add wine. Transfer lobster to skillet and spoon sauce over lobster. Reduce heat, cover, and cook for 10 minutes.
- Divide lobster evenly between two plates. Serve immediately with linguine and topped with sauce.
LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
To keep lobsters alive in your fridge for up to one day, pack in damp newspaper. You can substitute eight frozen tails; sear per recipe method, then use the meat from four in place of the knuckles and claws, and split the others for serving.
Provided by Andy Baraghani
Categories Bon Appétit Lobster Pasta Seafood Shellfish Tomato Chile Pepper Hot Pepper White Wine Brandy Fennel Christmas Eve Christmas Dinner Entertaining
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- This first part might not be pleasant, but it'll be over quickly: Working with 1 lobster at a time, place on a cutting board, belly side down, with head facing you (freezing them 8-10 minutes first will render them fairly immobile). Insert a chef's knife where the tail meets the head, and swiftly bisect head lengthwise in one fell swoop (leave tail intact). Using the back of a cleaver or a lobster cracker, crack each claw on all sides. Twist off tails and cut in half through shells lengthwise. Remove any tomalley or eggs (reserve if you like). Twist off knuckles and claws, then separate knuckles from claws using cleaver.
- Heat 1/3 cup oil in a wide Dutch oven or heavy pot that's large enough to hold pasta over medium-high. Season lobsters with salt and, working in separate batches and being careful not to overcrowd pot, sear lobster pieces, turning occasionally and adding more oil if pot looks dry, until shells are bright red, about 4 minutes for knuckles, claws, and tails; about 6 minutes for heads. Transfer lobsters to a rimmed baking sheet; let cool slightly. Remove pot from heat and add brandy. Return to heat and cook, scraping up browned bits, until smell of alcohol is almost gone, about 2 minutes. Transfer brandy mixture to a small bowl. Pick lobster meat from knuckles and claws; discard shells. Place in an airtight container with tails; cover and chill until ready to use. Set heads aside. Wipe out pot and reserve.
- Working in batches, pulse onions, carrots, and fennel separately in a food processor until finely chopped; transfer vegetables to a large bowl after each is chopped. Heat remaining 1/3 cup oil in reserved pot over medium-high. Cook vegetables, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic, chiles, and 1 tsp. red pepper flakes and cook, smashing garlic with a wooden spoon and stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, season with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly darkened, about 3 minutes. Add wine and reserved lobster heads; bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until reduced by one-third, about 2 minutes. Add tomato purée to pot and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is slightly thickened, 10-15 minutes. Discard lobster heads.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente. Drain, reserving 3 cups pasta cooking liquid.
- Add butter, chilled lobster meat, lobster tails, pasta, reserved brandy mixture, and 2 cups pasta cooking liquid to sauce. Cook, tossing to combine and adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed, until sauce coats pasta. Because you're working with a large amount of pasta and sauce, this will take effort-toss using a long sturdy spoon in each hand, and make sure to get to the bottom of pot as you go. Add parsley and lemon juice, then transfer pasta to a platter, arranging lobster tails on top. Sprinkle with red pepper flakes and serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over.
- Do Ahead
- Lobsters can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
WEIGHT WATCHER'S LOBSTER AND SHRIMP FRA DIAVOLO
This was in the Nov-Dec 2006 WW magazine. Points are 5 for 1/2 cup linguine with 2/3 cup shrimp and lobster sauce
Provided by TXOLDHAM
Categories Lobster
Time 30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cook linguine according to package directions, omitting salt if desired. Drain and transfer to serving bowl.
- Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp and cook just until opaque in the center. (1-1/2 to 2 minutes per side)Transfer to a plate.
- Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in the same pan and add the lobster pieces, stirring frequently until just heated through. Transfer to the plate with the shrimp.
- Heat remaining 1 teaspoon of oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic, thyme and crushed red pepper. Cook, stirring constantly until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the tomatoes and tomato paste and cook until slightly thickened.
- Return shrimp and lobster to the skillet and cook stirring frequently tunil heated through.
- Serve at once over linguine.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 238.7, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 0.8, Cholesterol 121.2, Sodium 411.5, Carbohydrate 28.1, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 3.9, Protein 20.2
GRILLED RIB-EYE WITH FRA DIAVOLO LOBSTER RELISH
Steps:
- For the lobster relish: Bring an inch of water to a boil in a large pot with a steamer insert. Set the lobster belly-up on a cutting board. Pierce it with a knife just under the base of the head, and cut it deeply through the belly to kill it quickly. Transfer the lobster to the steamer, cover and cook for 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil along with the garlic to a small saute pan set over medium heat. Cook until golden and fragrant, then transfer the garlic to a medium bowl. Add the tomatoes, red pepper flakes and lemon zest and juice to the bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and set aside.
- The moment the lobster is done shock it in an ice bath to stop cooking. When cool enough to handle, pull off the tail and claws and remove the meat. Chop up the meat and add it to the tomato mixture. Drizzle with some olive oil.
- In another saute pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the lobster-tomato mixture and heat it through. Add the white wine and cook for another minute. Remove from heat and stir in the parsley and oregano.
- For the steak: About 20 minutes before cooking, remove the steak from the refrigerator and let it sit, covered, to come up to room temperature. Mix together the ancho powder, paprika, mustard, salt, cayenne, coriander, cumin and black pepper in a bowl and set aside.
- Preheat a large cast-iron pan over high heat and set the oven to broil.
- Brush the steak on both sides with the canola oil and season liberally with salt and pepper. Sprinkle one side of the steak with the spice rub. Drizzle a little canola oil in the pan; when it begins to smoke, add the steak rub-side down and cook until a nice crust forms, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the steak to a cutting board and slice it against the grain 1-inch thick. Return the steak to the pan, rub-side up. Scatter the butter on top and broil to medium-rare, about 4 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and baste the steak with the pan juices.
- Assembly: Arrange the steak and the lobster relish on a plate. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the steak juices. Garnish with oregano and parsley.
FLORENCE FABRICANT'S LOBSTER FRA DIAVOLO
"Lobster Fra Diavolo, lobster in a spicy tomato sauce with linguine, 'brother devil' style, sounds Italian, tastes Italian and is a staple in Italian restaurants. But is it Italian?" Florence Fabricant set out to find out in a 1996 column. She spoke to a number of experts on Italian food, but came away with few answers. Some insisted it was an Italian-American dish, with roots in New York, specifically Long Island or Little Italy, while others pointed to Naples. She included this recipe, adapted from "Lobster at Home" by Jasper White, the executive chef of the Legal Sea Foods chain. His version is served on bread, but this adaptation is served on pasta.
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, pastas, main course
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat 3 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Add the onion and garlic, and saute over medium heat until they begin to brown. Stir in the pepper flakes and oregano. Stir in stock, wine, tomato paste and bay leaf. Pour the canned tomatoes into a strainer held over the saucepan so that you add the juice but not the pulp. Chop the pulp; then, add it to the saucepan. Bring to a simmer, and cook over medium heat, stirring from time to time, for 30 minutes. Season to taste with black pepper. Set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in a large saute pan. Add lobster pieces, and sear them over high heat, turning often, until the shells are bright red.
- While the lobster is searing, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the linguine.
- Spoon the sauce over the lobster, bring to a simmer and cook, partly covered, about 10 minutes.
- While the lobster is cooking in the sauce, add the linguine to the boiling water, and cook about 7 minutes, until al dente. Drain well.
- To serve, transfer the lobster pieces coated with sauce to one side of a large platter, leaving some of the sauce in the pan. Sprinkle with half the parsley.
- Add the drained linguine to the sauce in the pan, and reheat briefly, stirring to coat the linguine. Transfer to the platter alongside the lobster, sprinkle with the remaining parsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 1009, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 99 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 93 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 1960 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LOBSTER TAIL FRA DIAVOLO WITH ZUCCHINI NOODLES RECIPE - (4.5/5)
Provided by Dr_Mom
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Heat one tablespoon of oil in a large pot over medium heat. Once oil heats, add in the lobster. Cook until meat is cooked and opaque, about a few minutes. Once cooked, transfer to a plate and set aside. Add in the rest of the olive oil, the shallots, garlic and red pepper flakes to the pot. Cook until onions turn translucent, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until reduced and thickened, about 15 to 20 minutes. Return lobster to the skillet along with the zucchini noodles and cook for another 5 minutes to heat the lobster and cook the noodles to al dente. Once done, serve the zucchini noodles into bowls with even amounts of lobster meat and sprinkle evenly with parsley.
Tips:
- Use the freshest lobster possible. The fresher the lobster, the better the flavor of the fra diavolo.
- If you can't find fresh lobster, frozen lobster is a good substitute. Just be sure to thaw it completely before cooking.
- Don't overcook the lobster. Lobster is a delicate seafood, so it's important to cook it just until it's opaque and tender. Overcooked lobster will be tough and chewy.
- Use a good quality olive oil. Olive oil is the base of the fra diavolo sauce, so it's important to use a good quality oil that has a nice flavor.
- Don't be afraid to adjust the heat of the sauce. If you like your food spicy, you can add more red pepper flakes or chili peppers to the sauce. If you prefer a milder sauce, you can omit the red pepper flakes or use less of them.
- Serve the fra diavolo with your favorite pasta. Lobster fra diavolo is traditionally served with spaghetti or linguine, but you can use any type of pasta that you like.
Conclusion:
Lobster fra diavolo is a delicious and easy-to-make seafood dish. It's perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. With its combination of fresh lobster, flavorful sauce, and pasta, lobster fra diavolo is sure to please everyone at the table.
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