The spelt pasta gives a lovely nutty flavour to this dish. Spelt pasta is available at select grocers. If you can't find it, substitute another long pasta.
Crab, mint and lemon spelt pasta
This crab, mint and lemon pasta comes together in just 30 minutes.
- 30 mins cooking
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 400 gm long spelt pasta such as casareccia or tagliatelle
- 600 gm cooked spanner crab meat
- ¼ cup (loosely packed) finely chopped mint
- 1 long red chilli (or to taste), finely chopped
- Finely grated rind and juice of 2 lemons
- 60 ml (¼ cup) extra-virgin olive oil
Lemon pangrattato
- 60 ml (¼ cup) olive oil
- 100 gm coarse fresh sourdough breadcrumbs
- Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
Method
Main
- 1For lemon pangrattato, heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add breadcrumbs and stir occasionally until golden (3-4 minutes). Stir in lemon rind and garlic, season to taste and set aside.
- 2Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water until al dente (6-8 minutes). Drain, reserving 30ml pasta water. Return to pan with pasta water, stir in remaining ingredients, season to taste and serve hot topped with lemon pangrattato.