Creamy Lobster, Crab & Shrimp Alfredo Pasta

I completely and totally splurged on this pasta over the weekend and it was so worth it, y'all. I may go as far as to say this is my favorite pasta dish I've cooked up yet. It put Jason and I into total food comas which was perfect for a stay in movie and drinks night. I'm pretty excited fall / winter is starting to roll in because it means a lot more pastas, soups, and good ol' comfort food and cozy nights in. I can't wait to share more with you guys over the next few weeks, but for now let's get back to this creamy seafood perfection. I promise this pasta is a lot less daunting to put together than it looks. Most of the meat is bought pre-cooked and I'll get you step by step directions on the lobster. You can easily cut out 1 or 2 of the meats if you don't want/like all 3, maybe just add more of what you do what in there to substitute! We'll also do the Alfredo sauce from scratch, which is a lot easier than you may think, and then we'll toss everything together when ready! 

This recipe makes enough for 3-4 people depending on portion size. 
As mentioned above, if you don't want to put all 3 kinds of meat in the pasta, no worries, just substitute with more of another kind. For example cut the lobster, but maybe double the shrimp! 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. medium sized cooked shrimp
• 1/4 lb. imitation crab meat, chopped. 
• 2 lobster tails, cooked, shells removed, and chopped. FOR RECIPE & STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR COOKING LOBSTER CLICK HERE. 
• 1/2 lb (1/2 of a standard size box) pasta noodles, I'd recommend linguine for this recipe. 
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 3+1 tbsp butter (3 for sauce, 1 for sauteing meat)
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup + fresh grated Parmesan. Try not to buy pre-shredded / grated. Grating it yourself will yield a better sauce, although isn't necessary. 
• Salt & Pepper to taste. 

Directions:

1. First things first, if you are cooking up raw lobster let's take care of that before we start anything else. I chose to keep these directions in a separate post because I've got it all laid out step by step with images to help you! Click here to move on over to lobster directions! 
2. Make sure you have your Parmesan grated, and all seafood is cooked, crab and lobster being chopped up, and all your other ingredients are out and handy. 
3. Start a pot of water boiling for your pasta noodles. Add a dash of salt to the water and boil until al dente, aka not to chewy, not too soft. Taste test one if you need to. Drain when done. While your water is boiling, and your noodles are cooking we'll do the rest as detailed below.  
4. Add your shrimp, lobster, crab, garlic powder, and 1 tbsp of butter to a frying pan. Don't turn it on yet, we're just prepping to make the rest of the cooking process easy on you!
5. Now in a new sauce pan we'll start the sauce. Get out your whisk, if you don't have one, get a fork. 
6. Add the 3 tbsp of butter to sauce pan and melt over medium heat. As soon as it's melted add in the flour and whisk together until it's in a creamy chalky consistency. 
7. Add in your whipping cream and milk and turn heat to high. Continue whisking and bring to a boil. After it has boiled for a few seconds and everything is whisked together reduce heat to low/medium. Add your parmesan cheese and whisk in. Allow sauce to simmer on low as it thickens. Continue to stir occassionally and turn burner down or off if sauce starts sticking to bottom of the pan. 
8. While sauce is simmering, and noodles are finishing, turn the burner with your meat, butter, and garlic in the pan onto medium. All we're doing here is adding a little flavor and heating the meat up so it only takes a minute, as soon as meat is warm and butter is melted, you're done. 
9. Add drained noodles back to their pot, pour your sauce over the noodles, and then add in the meat.
10. Stir up, serve up, salt & pepper, and enjoy!