Sunday, February 29, 2004

recipe time again

The whole King Crab discussion has prompted me to start salivating and thinking about one of my favorite dishes. Since I'm a sharing kind of guy, I'm going to hand it out to all of you. Use it to impress those you love! (Or just want to get in the sack)

1 package cream cheese.
3/4 cups of shredded parm. cheese. (Romano works as well)
butter (1/2 to 1 stick will work, depending on how much you like butter. But no less than 1/2 a stick!)
1/2 cup milk.
Crab meat (the more, the better!)
1 package of pasta (Linguini is best, but fettechini works just as well. Hell, gnocci works well with this!)
Lots of garlic (minced)

Melt the butter in a saucepan with the garlic. When the butter is melted, add cream cheese and melt it on med/low heat. Don't let the cheese start to boil, otherwise the cheese will scorch. Take your time. Once the cream cheese is mostly melted, add the milk and parm/romano cheese. Keep stirring until everything is melted down. You should have a thick sauce. Dump the crab meat in. If the meat isn't cooked, let the sauce cook it for you (ten minutes should do). If it's cooked meat, just heat it up in the sauce.

Turn sauce down to low and let the flavors blend, stirring occasionally. Boil the pasta until slightly firm. Once the pasta is boiled, toss it and the sauce into a pot and give it a shake. Serve with more romano cheese over the top and good bread. A nice Pinio Grigio goes well with this.

You can also add scallops, shrimp, or just about any other light-flavored seafood in there. I love scallops.

If anyone tries it, email me and let me know how it goes!

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