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Spaghetti with crab, red chilli and extra virgin olive oil

March 26th 2008 05:33
Spaghetti with crab, red chilli and extra virgin olive oil
Spaghetti with crab, red chilli and extra virgin olive oil

You know what’s funny! How summer was so uncharacteristically cold this year, and then for some strange reason, now that it is autumn, the weather seems to have decided, “hang on a minute, I think I’ll be hot and sunny now”. Very odd indeed. On the bright side this does mean we can enjoy a little extra sun before the cold sets in!


So while the weather is still nice and warm, why not enjoy a fresh bowl of spaghetti with crab, red chilli and extra virgin olive oil. It is light and delicious with a really fresh flavour. Not heavy like some of those cream sauces (we’ll save them for winter). You can even serve it hot or cold and I say the more lemon the better!

Spaghetti with crab, red chilli and extra virgin olive oil

Ingredients: 350g spaghetti, 800g crab meat, 3 fresh red chillies cut I half lengthways, de-seeded and finely chopped, 1 garlic clove peeled and ground to a paste with 1 tsp sea salt, juice of 1 lemon plus 1 lemon cut into quarters, 3 tbsp fresh basil chopped roughly, 50mL extra virgin olive oil

Steps: Stir the chillies, garlic, and lemon juice into the crab meat, then stir in the olive oil gradually.
Making the crab sauce


Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water until al dente (approximately 8 minutes). Drain the pasta, keeping 3 tbsp of the pasta water, then return the pasta to the pan and stir in the crab mixture and toss to combine over low heat. Add the basil and toss. Serve with lemon quarters!
Tossing the pasta

Serves 4


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Comment by Maribeth

March 26th 2008 06:28
Oohhh.. that looks so nice and easy to make. How do you get the crab meat? Is that the canned type crab meat? If so, I might pop put to Woolies to get the ingredients and make it for dinner.

Comment by Laura

March 26th 2008 09:04
Hi Maribeth!
Feel free to use canned or fresh crab meat!
I used canned crab meat because it was handy in the cupboard, but I'm certain it would taste even more amazing with fresh crab!

Laura

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