INGREDIENTS
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6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
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⅓ cup minced fresh Italian parsley
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½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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1 pound small shrimp (about 30), shelled, deveined and cut in half crosswise
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Salt
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1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
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7 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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6 large garlic cloves, peeled
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2 cups peeled, seeded and crushed tomatoes, either ripe, fresh plum tomatoes or canned Italian plum tomatoes (preferably San Marzano), or a mix of the two
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1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
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2 cups clam shucking liquor or bottled clam juice
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2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley