Maryland deviled crab cakes
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pounds | Flaked crab meat |
| ½ | cup | Minced onion |
| ¼ | cup | Minced green pepper |
| 2 | tablespoons | Margarine |
| 1 | tablespoon | Dry mustard |
| 1 | teaspoon | Worcestershire sauce |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Tabasco sauce |
| ¾ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| 1 | dash | Cayenne pepper (optional) |
| ¼ | cup | Flour |
| 1¼ | cup | Light cream |
| 2 | Beaten egg yolks | |
| ½ | cup | Fresh bread crumbs |
| ½ | teaspoon | Paprika |
| 1 | tablespoon | Melted butter |
| Corn oil | ||
Directions
Pick over crab carefully: set aside. Saute' onion & green pepper in margarine until tender; stir in mustard, Worcestershire, Tabasco, salt, pepper & cayenne. Stir in flour; gradually blend in cream.
Heat mixture to a boil; stirring constantly; boil 1 minute. Stir in crab meat. Add a little hot sauce mixture to egg yolks; return to pan & heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Chill mixture. Combine bread crumbs, paprika & melted butter in bowl. Shape crab mixture into 8 crab cakes; dip into crumb mixture. Cook cakes in 1" hot oil over moderate heat until golden brown on both sides.
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