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Creamy crab & pea pasta
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 400g spaghetti
- 200g fresh or frozen peas
- 300g fresh crabmeat
- 5 tbsp reduced-fat crème fraîche
- 1 red chilli , deseeded and chopped
- handful parsley leaves, chopped
- zest 1 lemon, juice ½ lemon
Method
- STEP 1
Boil a large pan of salted water. Tip in the pasta, then cook for about 7 mins. Add the peas, then cook for 2-3 mins more until both are cooked through.
- STEP 2
Drain in a colander, reserving a little cooking water, then tip back into the pan with the crabmeat and crème fraîche. Stir well with most of the remaining ingredients, adding a little of the pasta cooking water if the mixture seems a little dry. Serve sprinkled with a little extra chopped chilli, parsley and lemon zest.