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Crab Wholewheat Maccheroni with Rocket & Olive Salad
Dine like you're in a seaside Italian restaurant with this seafood dish, made healthy with fibre-rich wholewheat maccheroni. Sustainably-sourced crab meat is the star of the show, tossed with plenty of garlic and a hint of fiery chilli. On the side? A peppery rocket salad with black olives.
1/3 daily fibre
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 30g Pitted Kalamata Olives (Kalamata Olives, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Lactic Acid (E270))
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (Red Chillies, Rapeseed Oil, White Wine Vinegar, Sea Salt)
- 250g Whole Durum Wheat Maccheroni (Wheat, Eggs, Molluscs, Mustard, Soya) (WHOLE MEAL DURUM WHEAT)
- 200g white crab meat (Crustaceans) (white crab meat)
- 80g rocket
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 6 garlic clove
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 4 tbsp sundried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 180g Tenderstem broccoli
Nutritional Information
Calories: 419
Protein: 21g
Carbs: 42g
Fat: 18g
Crab Wholewheat Maccheroni with Rocket & Olive Salad
Dine like you're in a seaside Italian restaurant with this seafood dish, made healthy with fibre-rich wholewheat maccheroni. Sustainably-sourced crab meat is the star of the show, tossed with plenty of garlic and a hint of fiery chilli. On the side? A peppery rocket salad with black olives.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out a large saucepan, a large frying pan, a measuring jug, a large bowl, a sieve & a grater
Prep time
- Finely slice the garlic. Zest and quarter the lemon. Halve the tomatoes. Trim and cut the broccoli into thirds. Slice the olives
Build the dish
- Heat the large frying pan with 2 tbsp oil on medium heat. Once hot, add the tomatoes, garlic, chilli paste (use less for less heat), sundried tomato paste and lemon zest and cook for 3-4 mins, until the tomatoes are soft
- Stir in 200ml water and simmer for 3-4 mins, until the sauce has thickened
Pasta & broccoli time
- Meanwhile, bring the large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil. Once boiling, add the wholewheat maccheroni to the saucepan and boil for 7-8 mins, until cooked, then drain
- Add the broccoli to the pan in the final 4 mins of boiling, then drain together
Last bits
- Toss the crab, cooked pasta and broccoli into the sauce. Cook for 2 mins, until the crab is warmed through
- Add a squeeze of lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper (or to taste)
- In the large bowl, toss the rocket and olives together with 1 tsp oil and a squeeze of lemon
Plate up
- Share the crab maccheroni between bowls. Serve the salad alongside
- Serve with any remaining lemon wedges
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