Easy Creamy Pesto Crab Angel Hair Pasta

This is one of those seafood pasta dishes that takes minutes to throw together but makes you want to savor each and every bite.

I’m not going to blow smoke up your butt, this is a fattening dish (thanks to the glorious heavy cream) BUT it’s so incredibly good.

It’s that kind of sinful where you keep saying “I shouldn’t eat another bite…………but well okay, maybe one more teensy bite….well now look at that, it’s uneven so I need to level it out”  only to find out you’ve eaten the entire plate, you feel guilty as ever yet you really don’t care.

Creamy Pesto Crab Cappelinni

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• Author: The Kitchen Whisperer
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 20 minutes
• Yield: 2-4 dishes
• Category: pasta, seafood
• Method: stove

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of cappelini
• 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted
• 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano
• 1/3 cup Pesto
• 1/2 pound imitation crab or jumbo lump crab, shelled

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Instructions

1. Boil the cappelini in lightly salted water until al dente. ~3-5 minutes.
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter until bubbles just start to form (do not brown it). Add in the onion and cook for 5-8 minutes or until translucent.
3. Add in the cream, salt, and pepper, and stir. Cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring the entire time.
4. Add the cheese and stir until completely blended. Add in the pesto and cook for 4-5 minutes or until thickened. Add in the crab and cook for a minute.
5. Plate the noodles and spoon the creamy crab pesto over top.

Notes

You could easily add shrimp, lobster or cooked scallops to this. Maybe a dash or two of red pepper flakes as well!

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