Super-Rich Virginia Crab Cakes |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Excellent crab cake recipe! Could be used as a main course or an appetizer. Taken from Gourmet Magazine, Feburary, 1995 issue and presented by Jessica B. Harris. Ingredients:
2 cups backfin crab meat, picked over |
1 cup fresh breadcrumb |
2 large eggs |
1/2 cup heavy cream |
1 dash hot sauce |
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce |
2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley leaves |
2 teaspoons grated onions |
2 tablespoons unsalted butter |
Directions:
1. In a bowl, combine crab meat and bread crumbs.
2. In a small bowl, whisk eggs well and add cream, whisking.
3. Add cream mixture, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, onion and salt and pepper to taste to crab mixture and combine well.
4. In large heavy skillet, heat 1 tbs butter over moderate heat until foam subsides and into it drop half of crab mixture by tablespoons.
5. Cook crab cakes until golden brown, about 2 minutes, on each side, and repeat with remaining tablespoon butter and crab mixture.
6. Serve crab cakes warm.
7. Makes 24 crab cakes.
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