Prepare your taste buds for a tantalizing culinary journey with our comprehensive guide to cooking "Pasta with Crabmeat Fra Diavolo." This classic Italian dish combines the delicate sweetness of crabmeat with the spicy kick of a fra diavolo sauce, creating a symphony of flavors that will leave you craving for more. Get ready to embark on a culinary adventure as we unveil the secrets behind this delectable dish, ensuring that your next pasta night becomes an unforgettable experience.
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CRAB FRA DIAVOLO
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place a large pot of water on to boil for pasta.
- Place crab in bowl and pick through with fingertips for cartilage and shells. Top with juice of 1 lemon.
- Peel and finely chop shallots and chop or grate garlic.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with EVOO. Melt butter into oil, then add shallots and bay leaf. Stir a minute, then add garlic and season with salt and fennel pollen. Stir 2 minutes, then add chili paste and stir another minute. Add sherry and reduce by half. Add cherry tomatoes and passata, stir and reduce heat to low.
- Salt water liberally for pasta and drop pasta; have a cup near stove to reserve starchy water and place strainer or colander in sink. Cook pasta 4 to 5 minutes, a minute less than package directions.
- Pile together the chives, parsley and dill and chop.
- Add basil to sauce. Add crab to sauce to heat through. Remove bay leaf from sauce.
- Reserve 3/4 cup pasta water. Drain pasta, add to sauce with half of the herbs, toss gently to combine and adjust seasonings. Add water as necessary to loosen the sauce. Drizzle with EVOO and top pasta with reserved herbs.
FRA DIAVOLO SAUCE WITH LINGUINE
Steps:
- Heat crushed garlic and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until garlic starts to sizzle. Stir in tomatoes, red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain.
- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over high heat. Stir in shrimp and scallops. Cook, stirring frequently, until shrimp turn pink, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Stir shrimp, scallops, mussels, and parsley into tomato mixture. Cook until sauce begins to bubble and mussels open, about 7 minutes. Pour sauce over linguine and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 364.3 calories, Carbohydrate 50.8 g, Cholesterol 64 mg, Fat 9 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 22.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 849.3 mg, Sugar 6.4 g
FRA DIAVOLO SAUCE WITH PASTA
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil with the garlic over medium heat. When the garlic starts to sizzle, pour in the tomatoes. Season with salt and red pepper. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
- In a large skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over high heat. Add the shrimp and scallops. Cook for about 2 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the shrimp turn pink. Add shrimp and scallops to the tomato mixture, and stir in the parsley. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the sauce just begins to bubble. Serve sauce over pasta.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 334.7 calories, Carbohydrate 46.3 g, Cholesterol 51.8 mg, Fat 8.9 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 18.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 655 mg, Sugar 4.1 g
SEAFOOD FRA DIAVOLO WITH PASTA
This is a recipe I found on AllRecipes. I've changed it a bit to suit my family's tastes. It is a WONDERFUL sauce that truly enhances the seafood you use in it. I choose to use primarily scallops and calamari rings with a bit of shrimp in it, however, you can probably add any seafood you like to it and still have it come out wonderful! Serve this one up with some fresh bread and you'll be in heaven!
Provided by RedVinoGirl
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h
Yield 6 , 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil with the garlic and shallots over medium heat.
- When the garlic starts to sizzle, pour in the tomatoes and tomato sauce.
- Season with salt and red pepper.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat, add the red wine and tomato paste and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
- In a large skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over high heat.
- Add the shrimp, calamari and scallops.
- Cook for about 4 minutes (or until done), stirring frequently, or until the shrimp turn pink.
- Add seafood to the tomato mixture, and stir in the parsley.
- Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the sauce just begins to bubble.
- Serve sauce over pasta.
RACH'S CRAB FRA DIAVOLO + SPAGHETTI CAN BE MADE WITH CHICKEN TOO
The spicy sauce of this recipe -"fra diavolo" means "brother devil" in Italian-is just as delicious with scallops, shrimp or even chicken.
Provided by Rachael Ray
Number Of Ingredients 26
Steps:
- Run your hands through the crabmeat and pick through it carefully for bits of shell or cartilage and toss with lemon juice and Old Bay
- Heat a pot of water for pasta and bring to a boil
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with EVOO, add butter and melt to bubble, add shallots, celery, garlic, bay, chili paste or flakes, and fennel pollen or fennel seed, and stir 2 to 3 minutes, add sherry, vermouth or wine, and add tomatoes and passata, crush tomatoes if using cherry tomatoes
- Salt water and cook pasta 1 minute less than package directions
- Add crab to sauce (or seared scallops or seared shrimp or mussels or a mixture of seafood rather than crab)
- (If using mussels, place the mussels in the bubbling sauce and cover
- Steam until the mussels open and toss any that do not)
- Reserve ½ cup of salty cooking water from pasta, drain pasta and toss with sauce and crab or seafood, add a little starchy water if necessary to keep loose, adjust seasoning and top with herbs and chopped pickled chilies
PASTA WITH CRABMEAT FRA DIAVOLO
Steps:
- Heat oil in a 2-3 qt sauce pan over med heat; Saute onion, garlic and red pepper 2-3 mins. Add sherry and simmer 1 min. Stir in tomatoes and seasonings. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20-25 minutes. Add crabmeat and half-and-half, stir. Heat 3-4 more minutes. Serve over pasta.
CALAMARI FRA DIAVOLO OVER LINGUINE RECIPE BY TASTY
In this classic Italian pasta dish, tender squid rings and tentacles simmer in a thick and spicy tomato sauce-fra diavolo means "brother devil" in Italian. Toss it with linguine, top with more parsley and red pepper flakes, and serve family style. We recommend using clam juice to enhance the seafood flavor, but chicken stock works too!
Provided by Betsy Carter
Categories Dinner
Time 1h10m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil of medium-high heat.
- While the water is boiling, make the sauce: In a separate large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat until shimmering. Add the onion and ½ teaspoon salt and sauté for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened and translucent. Add the garlic, oregano, and red pepper flakes and sauté for 1 minute, until the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the tomato paste and mix until evenly combined with the aromatics. Cook for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomato paste has darkened and thickened. It is okay if some of the paste begins to stick to the bottom of the pot. Deglaze with the red wine and clam juice, scraping up any browned bits. Simmer for 4-6 minutes, until the liquid is reduced by half.
- Add the whole peeled tomatoes and, using a potato masher, break up the tomatoes into bite-sized chunks. Bring the sauce to a simmer.
- Add the calamari and stir to coat in the sauce. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for about 25 minutes, until the calamari is very tender and the sauce has thickened. Season with the remaining teaspoon of salt, plus more to taste.
- When the calamari has 6-8 minutes cooking time left, drop the linguine into the boiling water and until just shy of al dente. Reserve ¼ cup (60 ml) of the pasta water.
- Using tongs, transfer the linguine directly to the calamari sauce. Add the reserved pasta water and toss well to combine. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until the linguine is al dente and well coated in the sauce. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the lemon juice and half of the parsley.
- Transfer the pasta to a large serving platter and garnish with remaining parsley and red pepper flakes.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 759 calories, Carbohydrate 109 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 28 grams, Sugar 10 grams
THE REALTOR'S SEAFOOD FRA DIAVOLO
Here's the spicy, tangy, classic Italian seafood dish done my way. You can make it as hot as you like by increasing the red pepper flakes or adding hot sauce. You can use any pasta you like for this. I use thin spaghetti. If your family are big eaters like us, this will only serve 4 people. If they are normal eaters, it will serve up to 8 people.
Provided by Realtor by day
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil, add onion, green pepper and garlic. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally unitl starting to soften. Add tomatoes with their juice, tomato sauce, wine, basil, and red pepper flakes. Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to package directions. Never add oil to the water or the sauce won't stick to the pasta later.
- When the pasta is just about done, add the shrimp to the sauce mixture and cook about 3-4 minutes until just oink.
- Drain pasta and spoon sauce over pasta. Sprinkle the crabmeat over top being careful not to break up the lumps.
- NOTE- you can use the crabmeat or switch it out and substitute scallops, clams, oysters, calamari or any combination of seafood you like best. Our favorites are crabmeat and/or scallops with the shrimp.
Tips:
- Use fresh crab meat. Fresh crab meat has a sweeter, more delicate flavor than canned or frozen crab meat. If you can't find fresh crab meat, you can use canned or frozen crab meat, but make sure to rinse it well before using.
- Don't overcook the crab meat. Crab meat is very delicate and cooks quickly. Overcooking will make it tough and rubbery. Cook the crab meat just until it is heated through, about 2-3 minutes.
- Use a good quality pasta. The pasta is the foundation of this dish, so it's important to use a good quality pasta. Look for a pasta that is made with durum wheat semolina and has a slightly rough texture. This will help the sauce cling to the pasta.
- Make sure the sauce is flavorful. The sauce is what really makes this dish special. Use a combination of fresh herbs, spices, and tomatoes to create a flavorful sauce that will complement the crab meat.
- Serve the pasta immediately. Pasta is best served immediately after it is cooked. This will prevent the pasta from becoming soggy and the sauce from congealing.
Conclusion:
Pasta with crabmeat fra diavolo is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. The combination of fresh crab meat, flavorful sauce, and al dente pasta is sure to please everyone at the table.
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