Crab Pasta

Simple dishes are the best in my way of thinking. This one is amazing with crab and I am sure it will be as good with Shrimp also. There are two keys to this dish, one is the brown butter sauce, and the other is caramelized onions.

I use a small pan to make the brown butter sauce, and it is very simple to make. I find it better too make it in a small pan than a large one. After all, you usually make it in small quantities. It adds a great nutty flavor. But you have to use real Butter to make it. Put the butter in the small sauce pan and give it some low to medium heat. The trick to this sauce is not heating it to much and to fast so that the butter burns, you don’t want it to burn. If you burn it, start over and try making it again.

As the butter heats stir it some so the bottom doesn’t burn or get too warm. This will only take maybe 5 minutes to make the butter sauce. Any water will evaporate and the butter will foam some, just stir it some to keep it calm. After a couple minutes you will notice the color start to change. Keep stirring and watching as this is pretty quick to make and if you don’t pay attention, well bad things will happen and you will have to make it again. Taste it when it turns a nice caramel color and you will see the transformation in taste. Remove it from heat and put a lid on it till it calls for it in the recipe.

Caramelized Onions are easy to make, but you need to take your time and not rush them. They are a favorite and add lots of flavors to dishes. Just take a fry pan, good sized one, preheat it to medium / low heat, and slice onions into rings of even width. Toss the onions in and give them a little sprinkle of salt as onions are like 80% water and the salt will help pull the water out. Stir them as they cook but if you have to stir them often the temperature is to hot. If it seems like you never have to stir then, you temperature is to low. Once you make these once or twice you will have it down. Cook them until they are a nice brown color and set aside until the recipe needs them, cuz you are done!