Astoria Crab Pasta

Serves: 3

Magnus Pfeffer

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

52

Spice

52

Sweetness

45

Sourness

43

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.7

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

Butter

1 cup

Champagne

1 clove

Garlic (minced)

1 tsp

Paprika

1 tsp

Dried Sage

1 pinch

Ground Ginger

1

Salt

Directions:

1

Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over medium-low heat, turn the heat to low, and cook for about 5 minutes, straining off any milk solids, until the butter is caramel brown in color

2

Pour in the wine, garlic, paprika, sage, and ground ginger, and cook and stir about 5 minutes, until the sauce has reduced and the garlic is barely golden

3

Lightly fold in the crab

4

Bring a pan of lightly salted water to a boil over medium heat, and drop in the pasta

5

Cook until just tender, about 4 minutes, and drain

6

Place the pasta on serving plates, and drizzle each serving with olive oil

7

Spoon the butter-crab sauce over each plate, sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, garnish with parsley, and serve immediately