Francesco Mazzei's Lobster Tagliolini! The pasta is home made and cut by hand and the sauce includes a stock made with carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, chopped, star anise, fennel seeds and Sambuca!
Ingreadient :
200gr semolina flour
200gr 00 flour
200gr whole eggs
2 tbsp oil
100gr carrots
100gr celery
100gr onions
100gr fresh tomatoes, chopped
2 anise stars
5gr white peppercorn
3gr fennel seeds
50gr tomato puree
Lobster shells
100ml Sambuca
2 native lobsters
1 shallot, chopped
2 spring onions, sliced
1/2 fresh red chilli, sliced
200gr tomato torpedino, peeled and halved
100gr tomato sauce
Fresh basil
50ml brandy
Parsley, chopped
Tarragon, chopped
Direction :
In a bowl add the flours and the eggs, start mixing and when all is almost combined transfer it on a worktop and knead by hand until smooth. Cover with cling film and let rest for at least half an hour,
Flatten the dough with the help of a rolling pin or a pasta machine, then cut the tagliolini.
Fill a pot with water and bring to the boil, put in the lobster and cook for about 3 minutes and then transfer in iced water to cool down.
Halve the body and take the tail out of the shell. Gently crash the claw to take the flesh out, put aside for later.
In a pot, sweat the carrots, celery and onion roughly chopped. Add the lobster shells and fry for a couple of minutes. Pour in the Sambuca and let evaporate, then add in fresh tomatoes, tomato puree and the spices. Cover with ice cubes and let simmer for about 25 minutes once it reaches boiling point. Once cooked, pass through a sieve.
In a shallow pan stir fry the shallot, chilli, spring onion and torpedino tomatoes, add the brandy and let evaporate, then add the tomato sauce and part of the lobster stock. Season with salt and freshly milled black pepper,
In the meantime, cook the tagliolini in salted boiling water “al dente”, drain and add to the sauce, add the lobster flesh roughly cut and cook for a minute. Finish with chopped herbs and extra virgin olive oil. Adjust with salt and pepper.