Rick Stein’s crab linguine
- Published: 14 Sep 15
- Updated: 2 Sep 24
Rick Stein’s quick crab linguine recipe combines sweet crab meat with fresh tomatoes, parsley, lemon juice, garlic and a spicy kick of chilli flakes.
Loved this simple pasta dish? Try our chilli prawn and spinach linguine next time.
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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 15 min
Ingredients
- 400g dried linguine or spaghetti
- 3 vine-ripened tomatoes, skinned (see tip), deseeded and finely chopped
- 300g fresh white crabmeat (see our how-to video below)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1½ tbsp lemon juice
- 50ml extra-virgin olive oil
- Pinch dried chilli flakes
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
Method
- Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling, well salted water (around 1 tsp per 600ml) for 7-8 minutes or until al dente.
- Meanwhile, put the chopped tomatoes, crabmeat, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, chilli flakes and garlic into another pan and warm through over a gentle heat.
- Drain the pasta, return to the pan with the warmed sauce ingredients, then briefly toss together. Season to taste. Divide among 4 warmed plates and serve immediately.
- Recipe from August 2015 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 560kcals
- Fat
- 15.3g (2.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 27.6g
- Carbohydrates
- 74.1g (6.6g sugars)
- Fibre
- 5.4g
- Salt
- 0.8g
delicious. tips
To skin the tomatoes cut a small X in their bases, put in a heatproof bowl, then pour over freshly boiled water and leave for 1 minute. Drain and refresh under cold running water for a minute or so, then carefully pull off the skins – they should come away fairly easily.
Rick says: “Though the recipe for this is very short, there are a number of nuances that need to be explained. First, it’s important the pasta is cooked perfectly al dente. I’ve suggested a cooking time of 7-8 minutes, but I always test pasta by biting it. Second, when I say warm the sauce ingredients through over a gentle heat, I really mean it – the temperature should never get much above 60°C. Finally, try not to break up the crabmeat if it’s fresh and has been hand-picked, because lumps of crabmeat folded through the pasta look very appetising.”
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