Crab is one of my absolute favourite ingredients, but I don’t cook with it as often as I’d like, on account of it being quite expensive. If you’re a crab fan, though, there is a way to get around this: brown meat. For some reason it is the white meat of the crab that is more highly prized; it has a delicate flavour and meaty texture, whereas the brown meat tends to look a bit more like, well, sludge. However, it is in the brown meat, I think, that all the flavour lies, much like with chicken or turkey. You can buy it in small pots in most supermarkets. Although not appetising enough to make the star of a salad, brown crab meat works beautifully in dishes where you really want that strong, sweet crab flavour.
The best thing to do with it, I think, is to toss it with some al dente spaghetti in a rich sauce made with lightly cooked cherry tomatoes, white wine and loads of garlic. Finish with some lemon thyme, parsley and JustIngredients lemon salt for a bit of necessary lift to all that richness, and you have something absolutely divine that can be on the table in fifteen minutes. It’s the ultimate meal for one, feeling gorgeously indulgent and a real satisfying pleasure to eat. The crab flavour remains strong and delicious despite the other ingredients, which simply serve to bring out its flavour.