Orecchiette with Crab

Cook Time: 15 min
Level: Easy
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

* Salt
* 1 pound orecchiette
* 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
* 12 crimini mushrooms, thinly sliced
* 2 to 3 ribs celery from the heart with leafy tops, chopped
* 2 shallots, chopped
* 2 to 3 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1/2 pint grape tomatoes
* Pepper
* 1 cup green peas
* 10 to 12 ounces lump crabmeat, picked through for shell pieces
* A few dashes hot sauce
* 1/2 cup dry white wine
* 1 cup seafood stock, clam juice or chicken stock
* 1/4 to 1/3 cup cream, eyeball it
* A handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
* 3 to 4 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves chopped
* Grated Pecorino Romano, optional

Directions

Bring water to a boil and salt it liberally, drop in pasta and cook to al dente.

While pasta cooks, heat olive oil, 3 turns of the pan, over medium
heat. Add mushrooms, celery, shallots and garlic, cook 4 to 5 minutes
then add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, raise heat to
medium-high and cook tomatoes until they burst, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir
in peas and crab, heat through 2 minutes then add hot sauce and wine,
reduce wine a minute then stir in stock, heat 1 minute more then add
cream - a turn of the pan, parsley, tarragon. Adjust seasonings. Drain
pasta and toss with sauce, sprinkle with cheese to taste, optional.

From: foodnetwork.com