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    By Amanda Smyth 8 Comments

    sand crab linguine

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    It’s been a good while since I posted a recipe.  There’s been travel stories, entirely fabricated love stories and even a bedtime prayer, but no food.

    As the time between recipes dragged on, I began waiting for a heckler to stand up in the back and shout “Shut up and cook something!”

    Well, non-existent-figment-of-my-imagination protestor, this one’s for you.....

    sand crab ready for cooking

    Sand Crab Linguine

    We were lucky enough to catch our fair share of sand (blue swimmer) crabs on our recent Poona holiday.

    The boys cooked the crabs in a gas-fired boiler and the girls spent the afternoon chatting, sipping and picking the meat.

    Sand crab is a phenomenal flavour and the best thing to do with great flavours is not much. I kept the ingredients for this sand crab linguine recipe simple and the delicate sand crab flavour shone through.sand crabs boiling in potcooked sand crab

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    sand crab linguine

    Prep 20 mins

    Cook 10 mins

    Total 30 mins

    Author Amanda Smyth | Cooker and a Looker

    Yield 2 serves

    The best thing to do with great flavours is not much. This sand crab linguine recipe lets the delicate sand crab flavour shine through

    Ingredients

    Ingredients:

    350g cooked sand crab meat, picked from the shell

    2 cloves garlic

    2 long red chillies

    1 large bunch parsley

    olive oil

    1 lemon

    250g fresh linguine

    Instructions

    Finely chop the garlic and parsley.  Deseed and finely dice the chillies.  Zest the lemon.  In a large frypan, heat the olive oil over a low flame. Add the garlic, lemon zest and chillies and sauté gently. Remove from heat and set aside.

    Cook the linguine in a large pot of salted water until al dente.  Drain well.

    Add the cooked linguine to the chilli, garlic saucepan, add the juice of half the lemon.  Heat over a medium temperature until the lemon juice starts to evapourate.  Add the crab meat to the pan and toss gently until the crab is warmed through.  Add the parsley and season to taste.

    Serve immediately with lemon wedges on the side.

    Courses Dinner

    Cuisine Seafood, Italian

     ingredients for sand crab linguine

    Sometimes the very best thing to do with quality ingredients is not much! This simple sand crab linguine makes the most of the fabulous flavour of blue swimmer crabs.

    There - a recipe on this supposed food blog! That should silence the muppet-style peanut gallery that resides in my melon (at least for this morning).

    I'm pleased to say that regular recipes will return this month. I have some crackers lined up, including guest appearances from both my parents!  Did anyone say cake?

    are there hecklers in your head?

    did you even notice it's been a month between recipes?

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    Comments

    1. Cindy@Your KidsOT says

      October 03, 2014 at 3:53 pm

      Yum yum yum! I love crab but have never cooked it. To scared that I will stuff it up I think.

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    2. Mrs BC says

      October 03, 2014 at 11:07 pm

      This looks delicious! And gorgeous images as usual xx

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    3. Robyna says

      October 04, 2014 at 7:45 am

      Your photography just gets better and better. I want to love sand crab. I REALLY want to love it. We caught some with our neighbours a little while ago and I just didn't get it. It's like beer. I see those Corona adds and I want to love beer and I don't. Sigh. Silly vegetarian and wine upbringing!

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    4. Have A Laugh On Me says

      October 05, 2014 at 8:10 am

      That's funny - and no I didn't notice and my hubby wants to hijack my blog this week too - will see if he actually does. How cool are those blue legs? Before cookage! xx

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    5. Michelle says

      October 07, 2014 at 11:51 am

      Yum, this looks great. I've never tried cooking crab, I may have to give it a try.

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    6. MrsDplus3 says

      October 08, 2014 at 6:33 am

      Now that is my kind of pasta - YUM!!!! Was it a pain to pick all the meat off though?? Looking forward to your guest appearances this month too xx

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    7. mamagrace71 says

      October 08, 2014 at 2:51 pm

      You know, I'm not a big crab fan on its own. But with pasta? Now you're talking! And with my fave ingredient - chilli, no less! Woohoo!

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