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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal512
  • fat10g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs81g
  • sugars5g
  • fibre5g
  • protein31g
  • salt0.83g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Boil a large pan of salted water. Tip in the pasta, then cook for about 7 mins. Add the peas, then cook for 2-3 mins more until both are cooked through.

  • step 2

    Drain in a colander, reserving a little cooking water, then tip back into the pan with the crabmeat and crème fraîche. Stir well with most of the remaining ingredients, adding a little of the pasta cooking water if the mixture seems a little dry. Serve sprinkled with a little extra chopped chilli, parsley and lemon zest.

RECIPE TIPS
PEAS

If you can get them really immature, you can eat them pod and all. Really fresh pods are bright green and have a satiny look about them. The older the pea, the more cooking it will need, so taste while cooking. Why not add a few mint leaves and a spoonful of sugar as they cook?

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2009

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Overall rating

A star rating of 3.4 out of 5.24 ratings

Sairyfairy81

Terribly bland. Needed far more to be tasty, garlic and parmesan needed I think.

YumchaMama.com

This was a shocker! My 6yo daughter said it was the worst thing she'd ever tasted and unfortunately, I have to concur.

BBC Good Food, do you test any of these recipes? Please triple check each one as I just wasted my husband's hard earned money on this rubbish.

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Hnnh83

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

My toddler loves this recipe and it's so quick and easy to prepare. I've tried it with added feta and basi instead of parsley and it was delicious. Crab meat was expensive so I used less than suggested.

catie74

I got some reduced price fresh crabmeat and added a good quality tin of crab. The fresh crab was both white and brown meat and I think this gives the dish more flavour. I also added prawns. Kids and grown ups enjoyed it for a quick family lunch. Served with extra lemon wedges and black pepper

allclare1

Incredibly simple, very tasty. Made it with dried chilli flakes, these worked as well as fresh I think.

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