Avocado & crayfish spelt spaghetti with lemon, dill & rye crumbs

By: Steffi Knowles-Dellner
From: Lagom
Serves: 4
Photographer: Yuki Sugiura

Crayfish are revered in Sweden. It used to be permitted to fish them only for a short period in August, so they were celebrated around this time by throwing crayfish parties. A bit like a crawfish boil in the States, the crustaceans themselves are an excuse to celebrate. We like to simply boil ours with plenty of dill and serve with crispbread, strong västerbotten cheese quiche, and an endless supply of beer and snaps. There should also be colourful paper hats, bibs and drinking songs. Them’s the rules.

Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient
300g	wholemeal spelt spaghetti
	olive oil, for frying and tossing
1	garlic clove, finely chopped
2 slices	rye bread, blitzed into crumbs
1	lemon, zested and juiced
3	avocados, peeled, halved and stoned
300g	cooked crayfish tails
1 handful	basil, roughly chopped
1 small bag	rocket
	parmesan, shaved, to serve

Method

Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, reserving a little of the hot, starchy cooking water. Meanwhile, heat a good glug of olive oil in a large frying pan and fry the garlic for about 30 seconds. Stir in the rye crumbs and lemon zest and fry until starting to brown and crisp up. Set aside.
Blitz all but one half of one of the avocados in a food processor, along with a splash of the pasta water, plenty of sea salt and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cube the remaining avocado half and squeeze over a little bit of lemon juice.
Toss the pasta with a little olive oil, then add the crayfish, basil and avocado sauce. Top with the rocket, avocado cubes, shaved Parmesan and rye crumbs.

Note: crayfish

Crayfish are of course available all year round these days and in most countries the tails can be easily found lightly brined. This recipe is an idea for when you can’t get hold of the real deal and want a quick seafood fix. You could of course also use prawns.

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