Creamy White Wine Pasta With Crab N Zucchini Recipes

CRAB SPAGHETTI WITH ZUCCHINI AND BASIL

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season generously with salt. Add the spaghetti, stir and cook until al dente, 6 to 8 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water, then drain the spaghetti.
• Meanwhile, add the olive oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the diced zucchini and cook until lightly browned but still slightly firm, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes, garlic and habanero and cook for 1 minute. Add the wine, 1 tablespoon of the butter and the reserved pasta water and cook for another minute. Turn off the heat, add the crab and gently stir to mix everything.
• Add the drained spaghetti, then add the parsley, basil and lemon zest. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, some salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil and stir to combine. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the dill and more basil.

CREAMY PASTA WITH IMITATION CRAB

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
• At the same time, heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic to the hot oil; cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in imitation crab and heat for 2 minutes.
• Begin cooking rotini. Add to the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• While the pasta is cooking, stir half-and-half and parsley into the crab sauce; bring to a simmer. Continue to simmer crab sauce, adding pasta water as necessary, while pasta is finishing.
• Drain pasta.
• Mix Parmesan cheese into crab sauce and heat until melted, about 2 minutes. Serve over pasta.

MUSSELS AND PASTA WITH CREAMY WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
• Place mussel meat in a fine-mesh strainer and rinse thoroughly with cold water.
• Melt 1 teaspoon butter in a medium skillet over medium-low heat. Gently warm the mussels until they release their water, about 3 minutes. Remove to a bowl and set aside.
• Wipe out the skillet with paper towels. Melt remaining 3 teaspoons butter in the skillet. Cut any large mushrooms into smaller pieces. Add to the skillet and sprinkle with pepper. Cook until starting to soften, 3 to 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Pour wine into the skillet, add red pepper flakes, and cook until wine has reduced by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour in cream and add mussels. Heat until warmed through, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Use tongs to lift linguine out of the pot and add to the skillet with some of the cooking water. Toss to coat with sauce. Plate and garnish with lemon zest.

CRAB PASTA IN A CREAMY GARLIC WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta and set aside.
• Melt butter in small skillet. Add garlic and onion and cook until tender. Add wine and cook until liquid reduces to half. Add salt and pepper.
• In large skillet, heat 1 tbs butter and flour. Cook until smooth. Add milk slowly, stirring to smooth out. Add onion mixture, stir, Add crab meat, stir. Add pasta and stir.
• Serve with grated romano cheese.

CRAB AND WHITE WINE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water according to packet direction and then drain BUT reserving 1/4 cup of cooking water and then return pasta to pan.
• Meanwhile heat oil and butter in a large frying pan on medium, until butter is foaming and add tomatoes and garlic and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until tomatoes begin to soften.
• Using back of a spoon, lightly crush tomatoes to release juices and add wine and simmer, stirring occasionalyy, for 15 minutes, until sauce thickens slightly and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add cream, crabmeat and reserved cooking water and simmer, stirring gently, for 1 to 2 minutes until heated through and then stir through basil.
• Add sauce to pasta and gently toss to combine and divide pasta between serving bowls, scatter over parmesan and serve.

CREAMY WHITE WINE PASTA WITH CRAB N ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• 1. IN A LARGE PAN HEAT UP 2 TBLSPNS OF OLIVE OIL N SAUTE A ZUCCHINI UNTIL A LIL BROWND...THEN ADD CHOPD ONION N CONTINUE TO SAUTE FOR AFEW MORE MINUTES. REMOVE VEGGIES N PUT ASIDE FOR NOW.
• 2. NOW ADD 1 TBLSPNS OF OLIVE OIL ALONG WITH BUTTER TO PAN. SAUTE GARLIC UNTIL FRAGRANT N ADD FLOUR N COOK FOR A MINUTE WHILE STIRRING NOW CAREFULLY ADD WHITE WINE N COOK FOR A MINUTE N STIR TO AVOID LUMPS OF FLOUR....NOW ADD EVAPORATED MILK N 1 tsp OF SALT N 1/4 TSP OF BLK PEPPER ...I ALSO ADDED 1/2 tsp OF CRUSHED RED PEPPER AT THIS TIME (optional) STIR UNTIL THICK ;)
• 3. STIR IN PARMESEAN CHEESE....NEXT ADD THE SAUTÉED ZUCCHINI N ONIONS N IMITATION CRAB .....ADD S n P TO TASTE.
• 4. SERVE OVER COOKD PASTA N SPRINKLE ON SOME PARSLEY N ENJOY :)