Bucatini with Lobster and Scallops

This pasta dish is fashioned after one of our favorites at Mac’s Shack in Wellfleet. We never did ask for their recipe, but instead opted to devise our own. We think this one comes pretty close!

Ingredients

• 1 leek, cleaned and chopped diagonally in 1/4 inch pieces
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 tb olive oil
• 1 bulb of fennel, fronds removed, diced
• 1 ear of corn, kernels removed
• 1 small tomato, seeded and diced
• Sea salt and pepper
• 2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade
• 3 tb butter
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 package bucatini*
• 1/2 lb lobster meat, chopped into bite-sized pieces
• 12 scallops, cleaned
• 2 tb olive oil
• 1/2 cup parsley, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup of finely grated Parmiggiano-Reggiano cheese

Instructions

1. Heat a deep skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and chopped leek and saute for 1-2 minutes. Add the garlic and saute one minute. Add the fennel and saute 2 minutes. Add the tomato and corn and saute 1 minute. Season with sea salt and pepper.
2. Add the chicken stock and butter, turn the heat up to high until it comes to a boil, and then turn down to simmer. Cook until most of the liquid has evaporated (about 10-12 minutes).
3. Slowly add the heavy cream so it tempers (and doesn’t curdle), stirring until fully incorporated. Turn up the heat until it comes to a boil, and then turn down to simmer. Add the lobster meat and cook until the sauce reduces and becomes thick and coats the back of a spoon (about 5 minutes). Adjust the seasoning as necessary.
4. Meanwhile, cook the bucatini according to the instructions on the package.
5. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and add 2 tb olive oil. Add the scallops and cook until one side is nicely seared and golden brown. Turn over and briefly sear the other side.
6. Plate the pasta into a heated serving bowl and ladle the sauce on top, making sure each dish receives some lobster. Place 3 scallops attractively on each plate over the pasta. Garnish with parsley and grated Parmiggiano-Reggiano cheese.

* Bucatini is a spaghetti-shaped pasta with a hole running down the center.