Crabby Nora

Name: Crabby Nora
Ingredients: salt and pepper, to taste; 1 x 170 g tin of crab meat; salt and pepper, to taste; 60 ml whole milk; 30 g hard strong cheese; 1 tbsp butter or light cooking oil; 1 large egg; 1 fat clove of garlic, or 1 tsp garlic paste; 1 tbsp butter or light cooking oil; 80 g spaghetti or other pasta; 1 fat clove of garlic, or 1 tsp garlic paste; 80 g spaghetti or other pasta

Preparation info

Serves
1

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Food For Bad Days

By Jack Monroe

Published 2020

About

This quick and irreverent take on a carbonara uses crab in place of the standard bacon – not for reasons of grandeur, but for a quick and simple meal. If you’re feeling flush, use canned shredded crab meat, but if not, torn-up seafood sticks, tiny frozen prawns or a generous dollop of crab sandwich paste will do just fine.

Ingredients

80 g spaghetti or other pasta
1 fat clove of garlic, or 1

Fish course
Pescatarian
Pasta

Method

Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta, reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 8–10 minutes.

Chop the garlic clove into fine pieces and add this (or the garlic paste, if using) to a nonstick frying pan with the butter or oil and a pinch of salt. Cook on a gentle heat so as not to burn the garlic.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg and milk, and grate in the cheese