Eating 'Pinchy'

I have proven now that for £6 per head and 20 minutes to spare you can make a tasty lobster dish that feels far more lavish than the £6 tag and is cheaper than most takeaways!

I found the recipe in 'Gino's Pasta', a book by Gino D'Acampo, it is called Spaghettini All'aragosta, or Spaghettini with lobster and white wine sauce to you and me. It could not have been easier to make, in fact the hardest part of the dish was working out how to prepare the lobster (Prepare to have a mallet and big sharp knife handy!), and of course then actually doing the preparing, especially if like me you found the lobster 'cute' and for some odd reason referred to him as 'pinchy'. I know, not the sanest thing I have ever done...

I cheated and brought a pre-cooked and frozen lobster, this was £9.50, which is of course more expensive than a chicken but when you think that on a Chinese take away we normally spend £6.50 each minimum, then split between the 2 of us, £9.50 is not that expensive. Of course its not something you would eat every day, but really good as a treat.

Only elements to prepare in the dish were chopping a chilli and a clove of garlic and then cracking the lobster open and chopping up the meat. Really was pretty simple and great therapy smashing open the lobster... my weapon of choice, a rolling pin. Once the preparation is finished you literally throw all ingredients in the pan

Finally mix with the spaghetti and voila!

It was really tasty, and better than a take away, definitely one for the cook again list. It was lovely to sit back, glass of wine and a steaming bowl of lobster pasta.