Spaghetti and Crab Recipe | Spaghetti Con Granchi

Ingredients

• 1 cup olive oil
• 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 1 fresh small red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
• 3 400gm cans cherry tomatoes (available from Italian delicatessens)
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 25 gm peperoncino dried chillies, coarsely crushed (see note) (½ cup)
• 1 lemon rind, finely grated
• 1 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1 1/2 kg raw blue swimmer crabs (about 300gm each), halved and cleaned
• 500 gm spaghetti