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Spaghettini with Crab and Spicy Lemon Sauce

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Spaghettini with Crab and Spicy Lemon Sauce

Spaghettini with Crab and Spicy Lemon Sauce

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Equipment

  • Mandoline Slicer - For slicing vegetables uniformly.

  • Food Processor - Useful for making dough or finely chopping ingredients.

  • Crab Cracker - To crack open crab legs and shells for easier meat extraction.

  • Chef's Knife - Essential for cutting various ingredients to precise sizes.

  • Garlic Press - For mincing garlic quickly.

  • Fine Mesh Sieve - Important for rinsing pasta, straining sauces, or making a velvety lemon-butter mixture.

  • Pasta Rolling Pin & Cutting Board Set - Ideal for rolling out fresh pasta dough.

  • Large Dutch Oven - Perfect for cooking spaghetti and preparing the sauce while maintaining heat distribution.

  • Digital Kitchen Scale - Useful for accurate ingredient measurements, especially important in delicate recipes like this.

  • Citrus Juicer - To extract juice from lemons efficiently without any pulp or seeds.

  • Stainless Steel Pot with Lid (12-Quart) - A versatile option for preparing multiple components of the dish simultaneously, such as simmering sauces and cooking pasta.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 pound spaghettini

  • 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil plus more for drizzling

  • 1 large garlic clove, pressed

  • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons anchovy paste

  • 1 teaspoon lemon peel

  • 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper

  • 1 1/2 cups (packed) coarsely chopped fresh parsley plus whole sprigs for garnish

  • 8 ounces lump crabmeat, picked over

  • 3 ounces prosciutto, sliced crosswise (optional)

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
2

Instruction 2

Meanwhile, heat 4 tablespoons olive oil and garlic in large skillet over medium heat. Mix in next 4 ingredients.
3

Instruction 3

Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking liquid. Add pasta, 1/4 cup cooking liquid, chopped parsley, and crabmeat to skillet. Toss over medium heat until sauce coats pasta, adding more cooking liquid by tablespoonfuls to moisten if necessary, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to large platter. Top with prosciutto, if desired. Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with parsley sprigs.
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