Smart crab linguine

Smart crab linguine

Italian pasta ribbons work beautifully with sweet crabmeat, peppery rocket, lemon and garlic- a perfect solo supper

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 3 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Method

  1. Cook the linguine following pack instructions, reserving a little cooking liquid before you drain it.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the garlic and cook gently to soften, but don't brown. Stir in the crème fraîche, crabmeat, chopped rocket and lemon zest, and gently heat through.
  3. Tip in the cooked pasta and a little cooking liquid to help the sauce coat the pasta. Season and give everything a stir. Sprinkle with the pine nuts and remaining rocket leaves.

PER SERVING

753 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 76g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 4g, sugar 4g, salt 1.1 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2012.

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  • 2012-05-19 19:07:27.68993

    David G commented on this recipe

    OK but nothing great. I'm always prejudiced against recipes which tell you to use "a little' of this and "a handful" of that as if the author couldn't be bothered to give proper quantities. I've no idea how much cooking liquid is meant to constitute "a little" but I obviously used too much and ended up with a thin, runny sauce about the consistency of milk which I'm sure was not what was intended.

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  • 2012-05-19 19:07:27.912139

    David G commented on this recipe

    OK but nothing great. I'm always prejudiced against recipes which tell you to use "a little' of this and "a handful" of that as if the author couldn't be bothered to give proper quantities. I've no idea how much cooking liquid is meant to constitute "a little" but I obviously used too much and ended up with a thin, runny sauce about the consistency of milk which I'm sure was not what was intended.

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  • 2012-06-21 21:30:44.966408

    Kitty's Nims rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I thought this was a very tasty, quick, store cupboard lunch/tea/supper, and so did my husband I always tell my bairns that baking is a science but cooking is an art, things like learning how to interpret 'a little' and 'a handful' come with experience, I had no problem following a recipe in this format I added juice from the lemon as I love the flavour and it was a pity to waste it after grating the rind :0) yummy

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  • 2012-06-21 21:30:52.604225

    Kitty's Nims commented on this recipe

    I thought this was a very tasty, quick, store cupboard lunch/tea/supper, and so did my husband I always tell my bairns that baking is a science but cooking is an art, things like learning how to interpret 'a little' and 'a handful' come with experience, I had no problem following a recipe in this format I added juice from the lemon as I love the flavour and it was a pity to waste it after grating the rind :0) yummy

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 3 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

Ingredients

  • 100g linguine
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced
  • 2 tbsp low-fat crème fraîche
  • 100g tub white crabmeat or 100g drained from a can
  • handful rocket , chopped, plus extra leaves to serve
  • zest 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
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PER SERVING

753 kcalories, protein 35g, carbohydrate 76g, fat 34 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 4g, sugar 4g, salt 1.1 g

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