Crab Cakes With Saffron Vinaigrette Recipes

CRAB CAKES WITH SAFFRON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat (a French nonstick baking mat). In a medium bowl, combine crab, eggs, garlic, onion, red and green pepper, salt, thyme, rosemary, bread crumbs, Tabasco, and 3 tablespoons olive oil. Cover and chill for at least 10 minutes. Shape into 5 cakes, 2 inches thick. Set aside.
• In a heavy-bottomed saute pan, heat remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Add crab cakes and saute until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Remove from saute pan and place on prepared baking sheet. Transfer to oven and bake until heated through, about 7 minutes.
• Drizzle plates with saffron vinaigrette. Garnish plates with chives and diced tomato. Top with crab cakes.

LORI'S FAMOUS CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• In a bowl, toss together the 1/3 cup bread crumbs, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, green onions, and parsley. Mix in the egg white, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and Dijon mustard. Season with Old Bay seasoning, dry mustard, and onion powder. Fold crabmeat into the mixture. Form into 6 large cakes. Coat in the remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs.
• Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet. Fry the cakes 5 minutes on each side, or until evenly brown. Drain on paper towels.

CRAB CAKES WITH THAI VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Dice radicchio, carrot, red pepper, yellow pepper, green pepper, endive, cilantro and parsley, and place in a large mixing bowl. In a food processor, pulse one cup of Panko bread crumbs until very fine. Set aside. Add the other cup of Panko to the vegetable mixture.
• In a mixer, add egg yolk, Dijon mustard, turn mixer on medium, incorporate ingredients then add juice of 3 limes and ginger. Turn mixer on high and incorporate oil slowly. Emulsify until of mayonnaise consistency. Add this to vegetable mixture.
• Pick through jumbo lump crab meat checking for shells, add crab meat to vegetable mixture. Mix all ingredients well. Try to preserve the shape of crab meat.
• Form 3 ounce crab cakes from mixture. Then coat each crab cake in the fine bread crumbs. Set aside until ready to saute.
• In a blender add red curry paste, lemon juice and shallot. Turn blender on high slowly adding oil until emulsified then place in a squirt bottle for plating. In saute pan saute crabcakes, two crabcakes per person brown on one side. Flip over and place saute pan in a 375 degree oven for five minutes.
• On plate make a design with vinaigrette, place cooked crab cakes on top and serve. Garnish with celery stems.

SAFFRON SHRIMP CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Pulse all sauce ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl and chill, covered, until ready to use.
• Sprinkle saffron into water in a 1-quart heavy saucepan and boil over moderately high heat until liquid is reduced to 1 tablespoon, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a small bowl, then cool completely.
• Heat oil (1 tablespoon) in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then cook onion, carrot, and celery, stirring occasionally, until pale golden, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 400°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and lightly brush parchment with oil.
• Whisk together 1 egg, cream, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Pat shrimp dry and transfer half of shrimp to clean food processor, then add saffron reduction, shallot, garlic, chipotle, and 1/2 cup panko. Purée until smooth, then, with motor running, add egg mixture in a slow stream, blending until just incorporated.
• Chop remaining shrimp very coarsely (about 1/3-inch pieces) and stir together with remaining 1/2 cup panko, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, and carrot mixture. Lightly beat remaining egg and stir into shrimp and vegetable mixture along with shrimp purée, then fold in crabmeat until just combined.
• Loosely fill a 1/4-cup measure with crab mixture and drop onto a lined baking sheet. Make about 23 more cakes in same manner, dropping onto baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Flatten tops gently to form 2 1/2-inch-wide cakes (about 1 inch high) and bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until tops are lightly browned, about 15 minutes total. Serve shrimp crab cakes with sauce on the side.

SAFFRON SALMON'S DUNGENESS CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• For the binding sauce: In a food processor, combine the mayonnaise, parsley leaves, lemon juice, capers, Dijon mustard, sweet pickle relish and green onions. Mix for about 1 minute.
• For the shrimp puree: In the clean bowl of the food processor, puree the prawns until smooth. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a mixing bowl, combine the shrimp puree with half the binding sauce. Mix well.
• For the remoulade: In the clean bowl of the food processor, combine the cocktail sauce, sun-dried tomatoes and hot sauce with the remainder of the binding sauce and blend for 1 minute until well mixed. Set aside.
• For the crab cakes: Fold all of the crab into the shrimp puree mixture. Mix in 3/4 cup panko. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• In 3 separate bowls, place the beaten eggs, flour and remaining 1 cup panko. Divide the crab cake mixture into 6 balls. Form each ball into a cake that is approximately 1-inch thick, using a dry measuring cup as an aid. One at a time, dip each cake first into the flour, then the egg and then the panko. You may need a little more panko to get them well coated.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• In a large, ovenproof skillet, heat the butter over medium-high heat and brown the crab cakes evenly on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes per side. If the heat is too hot, adjust it down a little. Transfer the crab cakes to the oven and bake to cook through, about 10 minutes. Turn over as needed so the crab cakes do not brown too much on one side.
• Serve the hot crab cakes with the sun-dried tomato remoulade.

CRAB CAKES WITH AN ASIAN VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• For vinaigrette whisk all ingredients together.
• For the Crab Cakes---------------.
• In a medium pan melt butter over medium heat.
• Add red and green pepper and saute for about 4 minutes.
• In a large bowl combine crab, peppers, sprouts.
• cilantro, radicchio and carrots.
• Add 1/2 cup of the dry breadcrumbs, the fresh breadcrumbs and enough ginger mayo to get the ingredients to just stick together.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Form the crab into 8 patties and lightly coat with the remaining breadcrumbs.
• In a large fry pan heat the oil over medium heat.
• Once oil is hot, saute the crab cakes until golden-around 4 to 5 minutes per side.
• To serbe whisk the vinaigrette again and drizzle on 4 or 8 plates-place one or two cakes on each plate.

CRAB CAKES AND BABY GREENS WITH LEMON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Place 1/2 cup breadcrumbs in shallow dish. Mix crabmeat, mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons chives, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, hot pepper sauce and remaining 1/4 cup breadcrumbs in medium bowl to blend. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in egg. Using 2 tablespoons for each, form crab mixture into twenty 1 1/2-inch-diameter cakes. Coat crab cakes with breadcrumbs in dish, pressing breadcrumbs to adhere. Transfer crab cakes to prepared baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, add crab cakes to skillet and cook until golden brown and heated through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer crab cakes to paper towel-lined plate.
• Place mixed greens in large bowl. Toss with enough Lemon Vinaigrette to coat. Divide greens among 10 plates. Place 2 crab cakes alongside greens on each plate. Drizzle 1 teaspoon vinaigrette over each crab cake. Sprinkle with additional chives and serve.

PERFECT CRAB CAKES (CHESAPEAKE BAY STYLE) WITH LEMON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except for mayo and bread crumbs in bowl. Make sure crab is coated with seasonings.
• Fold mayo and bread crumbs into mixture gently.
• Form into crab cakes and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until firm.
• Melt butter over medium heat until just beginning to brown. Add crab cakes, taking care not to crowd them in the pan. Make in batches or use more than one skillet if need be.
• Saute crab cakes 4-5 minutes a side. Serve immediately or, if cooking in batches, keep in warm oven (150 or 200) until ready to serve.
• To make vinaigrette, whisk all ingredients together. Will keep in refrigerator for a week so it's easy to make ahead.
• Toss vinaigrette with mixed baby greens and serve crab cakes over top. Drizzle extra vinaigrette over crab cakes.

CRAB CAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk together the shallot, parsley, chives, egg, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and cayenne if using.
• Add the crabmeat, season with salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• Add the breadcrumbs and mix just to combine.
• Form into 6 equal patties and place on a plate. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes, up to 1 hour.
• Coat the cakes lightly with flour, and shake off any excess.
• In a large skillet set over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Fry the crab cakes until golden and crisp, 3-4 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain slightly.
• Serve warm with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.
• Enjoy!