Spaghetti with Crab and Jalapenos

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This was very easy to make and has a real fresh flavor. I took the advice of the other reviewers and 1 doubled the wine, 2 added a pat of butter at the last cooking stage, and 3 added a little lemon juice and zest at the end. The jallapenos really mellow and compliment the sweet crab. This will be added to my recipe list of fresh, quick recipes.

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I Did Not Like this - At All. The garlic and the jalapeno had a somewhat bitter taste that did not complement the delicate tender crab. After eating this, I realized how much better it would have been if leeks had been substituted for the jalapeno and if cognac had been substituted for the wine and cream and/or butter added. I would not make this recipe as written ever again.

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Excellent! My husband said it was the best seafood pasta he has ever had! I did add a few tablespoons butter into the pasta after cooked. I also added some lemon zest. I bought the lump crab from CostCo and it was so fresh with huge chunks of crab.

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Fresh Dungeness crab was on sale yesterday - the perfect timing to give this recipe a whirl. So simple, the hardest part removing the crab meat from the shelled critters, and remarkably good. Batali has a similar recipe in his cookbook, Simple Italian Food, in which he doubles the amount of wine and adds a little butter as finishing element to the sauce. For those who thought the dish needed more acid or "something" you may want to make those adjustments. Hubby is Italian and celebrates Christmas Eve with a Feast of Seven Fishes. This dish will end up as one of the seven items as it was good enough for a repeat performance soon.

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Great, simple recipe that draws rave reviews. Our family likes food that is kicked up a notch so I added a bit more garlic and jalape?os. Adding some of the pasta water to up the moisture is a good move. We topped with some Parmesan for good measure. Had about a half serving left over first time we served it and it was eaten by 10:30 the next morning.

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The crab itself was delicious. The jalapenos added much needed flavor. Other than that, this recipe was fairly tasteless. Needs lemon zest, lemon juice (at the very end and perhaps a splash more white wine. Overall, this recipe needs far too much tweeking to be good.

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I added some pink peppercorns for colour and crunch and to balance the sweetness of the stone crab I used. Very good!

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This is easy and fabulous. Used the canned Costco crab and the pickled jalapeno. Needs a lemon slice for color as well as a squeeze. Kept some of the pasta water to make a little more moist. Looked at the amount of pepper and thought, no way. To be safe, I added a little at a time and ended up using the 3, pickled, jalapeno. Do not like to give recipes a 5 very often. Despite the pepper, the pure taste of the crab comes across.

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Taste you can only get at home. You couldn't pay someone to make it taste like this if you tried!I modified the recipe just a bit and added some basil and diced red onion. I didn't have any dry white wine so I replaced it with chicken broth which worked just as well. Instead of sliced garlic: I crushed them, cut them in half hot dog style and let them sit in the olive oil for favor until they started turning brown then took them out. Also, a little lemon always goes a long way, especially with seafood!

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I only had canned crab and canned jalapenos and it was still very tasty.