Carla Baron’s - Christmas Calypso Bows w/ Crab
Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins
Easy - for beginners
Serves: 2
Description
As the title implies, this pasta dish is quite festive & lots of Christmas colors dancing within .. glad I dreamed it into being! ™¥
Ingredients
- Farfalle pasta (bows) cooked al dente
- crab meat (Trader Joe’s is what I used w/ 15% leg meat)
- broccoli florets
- small can sliced black olives
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 6 julienne sliced sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil (Trader Joe’s)
- 2 tsp. crushed red pepper
- fresh basil, parsley to taste
- extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp butter
- 1/3 c. cream cheese
- freshly shaved parmesan
- splash of white chablis
Method
Cook pasta al dente, adding broccoli florets during last 5 minutes to boiling pasta. Drain, reserving 1/2 c. pasta water.
Lightly saute garlic in butter, and chopped sun-dried tomatoes for about 1 min. Add chablis, reduce for 1 min. Fold in other ingredients except pasta + broccoli, adding pasta water to desired sauce consistency and cream cheese has slightly melted smooth. Sprinkle w/ freshly shaved parmesan. Serve room temperature, or even cold as a nice pasta salad.
Bon appetit! ™¥™¥™¥
P.S. Next time I make the Calypso Bows.. gonna serve w/ an oven-roasted slice or 2 of banana squash, sprinkled with just a hint of nutmeg and brown sugar.
Spectacular!
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