Crab In Tomato Sauce With Pasta

Photo: flickr user Kent Wang

Ingredients

1 pound blue crab meat, flaked

2 tablespoons butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 med. onion, coarsely chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 tablespoons flour

1 (16 oz.) can whole tomatoes, drained and quartered

1 cup chicken broth

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

4 cups fresh spinach, or 1 pkg. frozen spinach, thawe

2/3 cup Parmesan cheese

Spaghetti or linguine, cooked and hot

Preparation

In a large skillet, combine butter and olive oil and saute onion and garlic over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, add the flour and cook and stir until flour is well blended. Stir in broth, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add crab meat and cook for 5 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook just until fresh spinach melts or the packaged spinach is hot. Toss hot pasta with 1/3 Parmesan cheese, then top pasta with crab-tomato sauce. Pas

Makes 4 to 6 servings.