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Flawless Shredded Crab Tagliatelle
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4.97 from 33 votes

Shredded Crab Tagliatelle

Fantastic simple Shredded Crab Tagliatelle is a quick and easy to make pasta dinner. Great recipe idea for canned / tinned shredded crab meat. Cooked in a homemade sauce of garlic parsley butter, lemon and tomatoes. Stirred through cooked tagliatelle, linguine, pappardelle or spaghetti.
Prep Time5 mins
Active Time15 mins
Total Time20 mins
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: canned crab, Pasta, shredded crab meat, Spaghetti, tagliatelle, tinned crab
Yield: 6 people
Calories: 475kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

  • Cooking pot with Glass lid
  • Cast Iron Pan

Materials

  • 60 grams Butter
  • 2 tablespoon Fresh Parsley chopped ( Use 1 tablespoon if using dried)
  • 500 grams Tagliatelle Pasta or spaghetti, linguine, pappardelle
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 2 Onions diced
  • 200 gram Cherry or Plum Tomatoes kept whole
  • 5 Garlic cloves (minced) or 3 teaspoon garlic puree
  • 120 ml pasta water save before draining
  • 120 ml Passata
  • 200 grams Shredded Crab Meat we used 2 tins but fresh crab meat can be used for best results
  • 1 lemon juice
  • pinch salt and pepper to taste

Optional topping

  • Parmesean
  • Parsley
  • Chilli Flakes

Instructions

  • Place butter and parsley in a bowl and mix together with a fork, set aside until needed.
    60 grams Butter, 2 tablespoon Fresh Parsley
    Butter and chopped parsley being mixed together in a black bowl with a silver fork
  • Cook pasta to packet instruction. Remember to reserve 120ml (½ cup) of pasta water before draining.
    500 grams Tagliatelle Pasta
    Collecting ½ cup of water from the pasta which is cooking in a silver pot
  • Meanwhile, fry onions with olive oil on high for 3 minutes, add tomatoes and fry for further 3 minutes.
    2 Onions, 200 gram Cherry or Plum Tomatoes, 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
    Chopped onion and cherry tomatoes cooking in a cast iron pan
  • Add minced garlic.
    5 Garlic cloves (minced)
    Garlic added to the chopped onion and cherry tomatoes cooking in a cast iron pan
  • Add the passata and stir until warmed through, turn the heat down to medium.
    120 ml Passata
    Passata being poured into a cast iron pan with chopped onion and cherry tomatoes
  • Add tinned crab and parsley butter you prepared earlier.
    200 grams Shredded Crab Meat
    Crab meat added to the chopped onions and cherry tomatoes in a cast iron pan
  • Stir through until butter melted through
    Stirring the butter parsley mix in with the crab, tomatoes and chopped onions
  • Add the juice of ½ lemon and the reserved pasta water
    1 lemon, 120 ml pasta water
    Pouring pasta water into the crab mixture cooking in a cast iron pan
  • Add the cooked pasta, stir to coat through and season with salt & pepper.
    pinch salt and pepper
    Stirring our Flawless Shredded Crab Tagliatelle together in a cast iron pan
  • Serve and sprinkle with your choice of parmesan, chilli flakes and parsley.
    Parmesean, Chilli Flakes, Parsley
    Flawless Shredded Crab Tagliatelle

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Nutrition

Calories: 475kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 124mg | Sodium: 234mg | Potassium: 536mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 673IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 3mg