Cooking blue crabs Italian style!

[@karengadaleta7557]

Crab gravy! The best. We make a little fusili on the side. Lens dad would stuff the top shell with the Italian bread & cheese stuffing & add them to the gravy. Enjoy!

[@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299]

Yummy !! I love them

[@lengadaleta5051]

Yes! Good job Pasquale! You should get back into crabbing because your dish will taste even better if you catch them yourself! The way I (and my Dad used to) do it is very similar, but when cleaning the crabs I break off the claws, break off the mouth, break off the apron underneath, then holding the crab sideways in my hand and holding onto the legs, lift up on one point of the shell. It will snap right off and separate from the body. Then using shears, I trim off 3/4 of each leg since they have no meat and take up too much room in the pot. I clean off the gills like you did, but I don’t break them in two and I never rinse off the crabs after opening the shell…(I do wash off any dirt before opening them) because I don’t want to waste any of the the tomally (eggs) inside which contributes tons of flavor! As Karen mentioned, Dad used to make a moist stuffing with bread crumbs, grated cheese, olive oil, an egg, garlic and chopped parsley and fill the crab shells and crab body cavities with it. Then you use cooking twine to tie the shells back onto the bodies. Cook them like you did in the gravy and enjoy with Fusilli or Margeritte pasta…the combination of the stuffing and the “eggs” makes a fantastic flavor!

[@greengoblin6009]

My favorite dish. Looks great

[@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299]

Thank you joe i hope you enjoying the summer!

[@greengoblin6009]

@@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299 so far so good hope your knee is better

[@greengoblin6009]

Please make the pasta al forno dish . Thank you.

[@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299]

@@greengoblin6009 i will joe

[@greengoblin6009]

@@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299 thanks Nonna style.

[@donnalorenzo3752]

This looks amazing. Going to make it.

[@lacucinacookingwithpasqual8299]

Hope you enjoy