Capellini with Crabmeat
- 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat
- Salt, preferably sea salt
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 salt-packed anchovy (see page 105), cleaned and chopped, or 2 canned anchovy fillets
- 1 small leek, white and light-green parts only, trimmed, cleaned, and sliced thin (about 1/2 cup) (see page 80)
- 1/2 cup chopped trimmed scallions
- 6 bottled cherry peppers, cored, seeded, and chopped (about 1/4 cup)
- 2 cups Marinara Sauce (page 150)
- 1 pound capellini (angel-hair pasta)
- Pick over the crabmeat, removing any pieces of shell or cartilage, but leaving the crab in as large pieces as possible.
- Bring 6 quarts of salted water to a boil in an 8-quart pot over high heat.
- Heat 4 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the anchovy and stir until the anchovy dissolves, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the leek and cook, stirring, until wilted, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the scallions and cherry peppers, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Ladle the marinara sauce into the skillet, bring to a boil, then lower the heat so the sauce is at a lively simmer.
- Stir the capellini into the boiling water.
- Return to a boil, stirring frequently.
- Cook the pasta, semi-covered, stirring occasionally, until softened, but still quite firm, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Stir the crabmeat into the sauce.
- Ladle off and reserve about 1 cup of the pasta-cooking water.
- If the skillet is large enough to accommodate the sauce and pasta, fish the pasta out of the boiling water with a large wire skimmer and drop it directly into the sauce in the skillet.
- If not, drain the pasta, return it to the pot, and pour in the sauce.
- Bring the sauce and pasta to a boil, stirring to coat the pasta.
- Drizzle in the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Check the seasoning, adding salt if necessary.
- Pour in some of the reserved pasta-cooking water, if necessary, to make a light enough sauce to coat the pasta.
- Serve immediately in warm bowls.
lump crabmeat, salt, extravirgin olive oil, salt, only, trimmed scallions, cherry peppers, marinara sauce, capellini
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/capellini-with-crabmeat-375099 (may not work)