# The Cactus Club's Spaghetti Portofino

This video shows how to make a homemade version of The Cactus Club's Spaghetti Portofino, which is a light pasta dish with roasted tomatoes and garlic, and a flavorful sauce.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Cherry Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- Deveined and peeled shrimp
- Stale French Bread
- Cayenne
- Fennel Seeds
- Butter
- Parmesan
- Italian Parsley
- Corn
- Lobster Paste or Lobster Bouillon
- Roasted Tomatoes
- Roasted Garlic
- Lemon Juice
- Cream

## Instructions

1. Wash the cherry tomatoes and place them on a baking sheet.
2. Peel the garlic.
3. Place the garlic with the tomatoes on the baking sheet.
4. Drizzle olive oil over the cherry tomatoes and garlic.
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Roast the cherry tomatoes and garlic for 20 minutes.
7. Devein and peel the shrimp, then cut them to help them curl when cooked.
8. Break stale French bread into pieces and place them in a blender.
9. Add cayenne and fennel seeds to the bread in the blender.
10. Blend the ingredients to make breadcrumbs.
11. Melt butter in a pan.
12. Add the breadcrumbs to the melted butter and toast until golden and crispy.
13. Brush slices of French bread with butter.
14. Toast the buttered French bread in a pan until golden.
15. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese and Italian parsley on the toasted bread.
16. Cut the toasted bread into halves.
17. Melt butter in a pan for the sauce.
18. Add corn to the melted butter.
19. Add the roasted garlic to the pan.
20. Add lobster paste or lobster bouillon to the pan.
21. Add the roasted tomatoes to the pan.
22. Squeeze lemon juice into the pan.
23. Optional: Add a splash of cream to the sauce.
24. Add cooked spaghetti to the sauce in the pan.
25. Toss the spaghetti with the sauce until well coated.
26. Cook the shrimp in a separate pan until opaque and lightly browned.
27. Transfer the spaghetti to a serving bowl.
28. Add the cooked shrimp on top of the spaghetti.
29. Garnish with fresh Italian parsley.
30. Sprinkle generous amounts of toasted breadcrumbs over the pasta.
31. Serve the Spaghetti Portofino with the toasted French bread.

## Equipment

- Knife
- Sheet pan
- Blender
- Pan
- Tongs
- Bowl

## Tips

- The breadcrumbs are essential for this dish, elevating it to restaurant quality.
- Toast the breadcrumbs with butter.
- The sauce relies on the flavor of tomatoes, garlic, and lobster to carry its body.
- Do not skip the breadcrumbs step.
- You don't need much garlic unless you're a garlic lover.
- Cut the shrimp so it curls if you want, but it's unnecessary.
- Toasting the French bread for toast is unnecessary for this sauce as it is light and doesn't need to be soaked up by the bread.
- Always learn something from recreations, and incorporate elements into other dishes.
- Follow for more and comment on what should be made next!

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBWdenXT/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ab7a00cf-ea17-4c95-bb4d-e31de94204cb
- Extracted: 2025-07-04

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