Seafood lovers

This is spaghettini with crab. A simple dish I cooked for those sea food lovers in my home. Because I know you're going to ask what the heck is spaghettini? I'll tell you, spaghettini is the thinner version of spaghetti, but slightly thicker then vermicelli aka angel hair.
Here's what you need and how it's done...
Ingredients
1 pound of pre shelled crab meat like jumbo lump crab. USE REAL CRAB MEAT!!!
12 oz of spaghettini
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 hot red chile seeded and chopped finely
3 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley (fresh is best)
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
One half teaspoon Habanero
infused sea salt (or just use regular sea salt)
One half teaspoon White pepper
1 teaspoon Tony Chachere Cajun seasoning
Lemon wedges to garnish
Directions
Mix white and brown crab meat lightly together and set aside.
Cook spaghettini according to instructions until tender but yet firm to the bite (al dente). Drain well and return to pan.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet, when hot, add chili and garlic, stirfry for 30 seconds before adding the crabmeat, 2 tablespoons of the parsley, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
Stirfry for another minute until crab is warm through.
Add the crab meat to the pasta with remaining olive oil and seasonings.
Toss together thoroughly and serve immediately, garnish with remaining chopped parsley and lemon wedges.
Now for the wine..
(if you so choose one )
Shellfish tend to call for light whites, like Vouvray from France's Loire valley (Benoît Gautier is a good producer), and sparkling wines like Champagne. If the dish is spicy, consider a wine with some sweetness, like an off-dry Alsatian Gewürztraminer (try Trimbach or Domaine Weinbach). If not, consider a Grüner Veltliner from Austria, that country's premier white grape. It produces a palate-cleansing white that, like Sauvignon Blanc, is versatile enough to go with almost anything. The producer Bernard Ott makes good ones, as does Weingut Bründlmayer and Weingut Hirsch.
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