RACHAEL RAY'S ORECCHIETTE WITH CRAB

RACHAEL RAY'S ORECCHIETTE WITH CRAB image

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 18

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

Steps:

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.