Pan-fried crab cakes/bell pepper sauce
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extra large egg; beaten | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Mayonnaise |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Curry Powder |
| 3 | drops | Hot Pepper Sauce |
| 1 | teaspoon | Worcestershire Sauce |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon Juice |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground Cloves |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Cayenne Pepper |
| ½ | teaspoon | Paprika |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Dry Mustard |
| Salt & Pepper | ||
| 1 | pounds | Fresh Lump Crabmeat |
| 3 | tablespoons | Bread Crumbs; up to 5 |
| 4 | tablespoons | Corn Or Peanut Oil (Or Up To 6 Tb) |
| ¼ | Red Bell Pepper | |
| ¼ | Yellow Bell Pepper | |
| ½ | Jalapeno Pepper | |
| 1 | cup | Cold Unsalted Butter; diced |
| ½ | cup | Chopped Fresh Mushrooms |
| 2 | Shallots; chopped | |
| 1 | Sprig Fresh Thyme | |
| ¼ | cup | Dry White Wine |
| ¼ | cup | White Wine Vinegar |
| ½ | cup | Chicken Stock |
| ¼ | cup | Lemon Juice |
| ¼ | cup | Heavy Cream |
| Fresh Lemon Juice | ||
| Salt & Pepper | ||
Directions
CRABCAKES
SAUCE
From: LD Goss <ldgoss@...>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 09:31:24 -0500 1. Combine egg, mayo, seasoning.
2. Add crabmeat and enough breadcrumbs to absorb excess moisture (it is important not to add too much). Stir carefully to blend. Mixture should be firm to hold together.
3. Form 6 patties and place on wax-paper, uncovered, for 15 or 20 minutes to dry slightly.
4. Heat oil in large skillet and saute over medium heat until golden brown.
Turn and brown on second side. Serve with sauce.
Sauce:
1. Place seeded, deveined pepper sections under the broiler until charred black. Discard skin. Dice pepper small and set aside.
2. Heat 1 T butter over medium heat. Saute mushrooms, shallots and thyme for about 2 mins.
3. Add wine, vinegar and stock, cook over high heat until liquids reduce by ½. ~10 mins.
4. Add cream, reduce again by ½. ~5 mins.
5. Over low heat, whisk in rest of butter, piece by piece, to make emulsion.
6. Strain & seasono sauce to taste with lemon juice, salt & pepper. Fold in diced pepper. Serve warm. Bon Appetit! The recipe was published in New York Times
EAT-L Digest 17 July 96
From the EAT-L recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .