Crab Linguine
For a tasty and light pasta dish, try this crab linguine.
Print Pin RateCourse: Appetizer, Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Crab, Pasta, Seafood
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g Linguine fresh store bought pasta
- 1 Red chilli finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic minced
- 50 g Capers
- 150 g Cherry tomatoes
- 50 ml White wine
- 40 g Fresh parsley chopped
- 100 g Brown crabmeat
- 300 g White crabmeat
- 1 Lemon
- 40 g Butter
Instructions
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and add the linguine. Cook for one minute less than the packet says. If using homemade linguine. cook for about 2 minutes. Until it is al dente.
- Whilst the pasta is cooking, in a hot pan, fry the chilli and garlic to release the flavour. Be careful not to let it burn.
- Add the white wine and reduce by half.
- Add half of the cherry tomatoes, the capers and the brown crab meat. Cook for 1-2 minutes on a medium heat.
- Add 200 g of white crab meat.
- Now add the pasta to the pan, along with a little pasta water. Give it a good stir. Cook on a medium heat for a further 1-2 minutes, continuously moving the pasta around.
- Add the remaining cherry tomatoes and chopped parsley.
- Taste for seasoning, add the juice of the lemon and the butter.
- Give it one last toss, then serve immediately with the remaining white crab meat served on top.
Nutrition
Calories: 300kcal