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Serves 6

Pasta, crab, bacon and peas...what?

Ingredients

  • 1 pound pasta
  • 1-2 ounce pack ready bacon
  • 1-16 oz bag frozen baby peas
  • 3-4 ounces store bought pesto
  • 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh ground pepper to taste
  • 1/2 pound lump crab

Steps

  1. Bring large pot of water to a boil and cook pasta according to package directions
  2. Chop bacon to a medium dice and cook in a non stick pan until crispy, set aside
  3. Add peas to pasta during the last 4 minutes of cooking, then drain out the water
  4. To the noodles and peas add the pesto, bacon, red pepper flakes & 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
  5. Mix well and plate - top each with crab
  6. Finish each plate with fresh ground pepper