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Brown crab & garlic spaghetti

Name: Brown crab & garlic spaghetti
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 200g spaghetti; 50g salted butter; 1 shallot finely sliced; 3 garlic cloves grated; 100g brown crab; 30g parmesan grated, plus extra to serve; 10g chives finely chopped (optional)

Helena Busiakiewicz

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Toss through brown crab, garlic and chives with spaghetti to make this easy pasta dish. Although it uses mostly simple ingredients, it has a touch of luxury

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

MetricUS

200g spaghetti
50g salted butter
1 shallot

finely sliced
3 garlic cloves

grated
100g brown crab
30g parmesan

grated, plus extra to serve
10g chives

finely chopped (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal702
fat30g
saturates17g
carbs76g
sugars3g
fibre5g
protein28g
salt1.2g

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta in salted water following pack instructions. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Once foaming, stir in the shallot with a pinch of salt and a few twists of black pepper. Cook for 5-6 mins until softened and lightly golden, then turn the heat to low.
step 2

Move the pasta straight from the water into the frying pan, then stir in the crab, a ladleful of pasta water and the parmesan. Mix very thoroughly, tossing well and adding more pasta water if needed, until glossy.
step 3

Serve with more parmesan and a sprinkling of black pepper and chives, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2025

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