Crab & Asparagus Pappardelle

by BBC Good Food

Crab is so good to serve in the spring – combined with fresh egg pappardelle and asparagus, it makes a stunning seasonal dish. Pair it with a rocket salad

Method

Based on 2 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Heat the olive oil in a heavy-bottomed frying pan. Add the fennel seeds, chilli, shallots, parsley stalks, lemon zest and seasoning, and fry for about 5 mins, or until softened and aromatic. Add the tomato purée, cook for a couple of mins, then deglaze with the vermouth. Add half the crabmeat, stir to create a thick sauce, then remove from the heat while you cook the pasta.

Step 2

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta until al dente. With 3 mins remaining, add the asparagus, then use a slotted spoon to transfer the pasta and asparagus to the crab pan. Put the crab pan back on the heat, add a couple of spoonfuls of pasta water to loosen and toss together, coating the pasta in the sauce. Add the rest of the crabmeat, crème fraîche and lemon juice, and warm through. Divide between plates and garnish with parsley, chives and hazelnuts.

  • Ingredients
  • Based on 2 servings
  • 1 tbsp Snipped Chives 1x Sainsbury's Bunched Chives 20g
  • 200g Asparagus, woody stalks removed, sliced on the diagonal (fatter stalks sliced in half lengthways) 1x Sainsbury's Asparagus Spears 250g
  • 1 tbsp Tomato Purée 1x Sainsbury's Tomato Puree, Double Concentrate 200g
  • 2 Shallots, finely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Echalion Shallots 400g
  • 1 tbsp Crème Fraîche 1x Sainsbury's British Crème Fraîche 300ml
  • 0.5 Lemon, zested and juiced 1x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 250ml
  • 1 Dressed Crab 1x The Good Tide Seafood Co. White and Brown Crab 100g
  • 50ml Vermouth 1x Sainsbury's Vermouth Bianco 1L
  • 200g Fresh Egg Pappardelle 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Pappardelle, Taste the Difference 300g
  • handful Chopped Hazelnuts 1x Sainsbury's Roasted Chopped Hazelnuts 100g
  • pinch of Fennel Seeds 1x Sainsbury's Fennel Seed 34g
  • small bunch Parsley, stalks finely chopped, leaves roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30g
  • 0.5 Red Chilli, finely chopped 1x Sainsbury's Red Chillies 65g
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