Spaghetti with Crabs

Recipe for Spaghetti with Crabs

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Portions: 4

Recipe ingredients

• 8-10 crabs
• 500 g of spaghetti
• 3 ripe tomatoes
• 1 dry onion
• some fresh parsley
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 5-6 drops of tabasco
• olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• sugar

Execute Recipe

1. Wash the crabs and boil them for 20 minutes in water with a little salt and parsley.
2. Tip: we choose the female crabs because they have more hair than the males. Ask your fisherman for them or see the difference in the photo below! Females are on the right.
3. Remove the foam they produce with a slotted spoon and as soon as they boil, strain them and keep their broth.
4. For the sauce, chop the onion and sauté it with a little olive oil in a saucepan, until it softens. After a few minutes, add the mashed garlic and continue sautéing for another 2 minutes.
5. Then grate the tomatoes and add them to the sauce along with some salt, pepper, half a teaspoon of sugar and tabasco. Add half a cup of the broth and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. At the end, add the boiled crabs to the tomato sauce, boil for another 5 minutes and remove them again to a plate.
7. At the same time, heat 2 cups of the crab stock together with enough water and a little salt and boil the spaghetti for 2 minutes less than the manufacturer’s instructions.
8. Strain them and add them to the simmering tomato sauce, stirring constantly. Boil for 2 minutes and if we see that they need extra moisture, we add a little more broth from the crabs to keep our sauce juicy.
9. Serve the spaghetti with crabs hot immediately and garnish with chopped chives.
10. We can clean the fat from all the crabs and add it to our spaghetti or serve the pasta with the crabs. For convenience, cut the crabs in half with a large knife.