Ingredients
Salt
1 pound orecchiette
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
12 crimini mushrooms, thinly sliced
2-3 ribs celery from the heart with leafy tops, chopped
2 shallots, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 pint grape tomatoes
Pepper
1 cup green peas
10-12 ounces lump crabmeat, picked through for shell pieces
A few dashes hot sauce
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 cup seafood stock, clam juice or chicken stock
1/4-1/3 cup cream, (eyeball it)
A handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
3-4 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves chopped
Grated Pecorino Romano, (optional)
Directions
Bring water to a boil and salt it liberally, drop in pasta and cook to al dente.
While pasta cooks, heat EVOO, 3 turns of the pan, over medium heat. Add mushrooms, celery, shallots and garlic, cook 4-5 minutes then add tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, raise heat to medium-high and cook tomatoes until they burst, 4-5 minutes. Stir in peas and crab, heat through 2 minutes then add hot sauce and wine, reduce wine a minute then stir in stock, heat 1 minute more then add cream - a turn of the pan, parsley, tarragon. Adjust seasonings. Drain pasta and toss with sauce, sprinkle with cheese to taste, optional.