Crab Meat Cakes Ms Pearl Wallace Recipes

EASY CRAB CAKES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven broiler.
• Combine crab meat, bread crumbs, Old Bay Seasoning, and parsley. Mix until well incorporated. But do not overmix. Crab meat should be lumpy.
• In a separate bowl, beat together mayonnaise, mustard, and egg. Combine with other ingredients and mix well.
• Form into patties and refrigerate for about half an hour. This will allow the crab cakes to firm up and prevent them from cracking or breaking up in the pan.
• Put the patties into a lightly greased baking sheet. Broil for 10 to 15 minutes (or until lightly brown).

CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Heat the broiler to 500 degrees (or its highest setting). On your oven's highest rack, broil all the bread slices on a baking sheet for 2 to 3 minutes, or until golden and crisp but not burned. Flip all the slices over and broil for another 2 to 3 minutes. Turn the broiler off and allow the bread to crisp in the oven until totally dry, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the bread from the oven and let cool. Using a box grater or rolling pin, coarsely grate and crush the bread slices into bread crumbs (or, pulse them in a food processor). The crumbs should look and feel like sand; you should get about 4 cups. Set the bread crumbs aside.
• In a large cast-iron skillet, melt the butter over high heat. Once the butter is melted, add the onion and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Pour the butter and onion into a large bowl. Whisk the flour into the melted butter and onion, then slowly whisk in the milk to make a creamy sauce. Once the sauce is smooth, whisk in the eggs, lemon juice, vinegar and mace.
• Add the crab meat to the cream sauce and mix lightly with a fork; don't break up the pieces of crab meat. Gently fold in just enough of the bread crumbs so that the mixture holds together (about 2 1/2 cups). Divide the crab mixture into 12 equal portions, setting them on a baking sheet as you go. They should be thick rounds - about the size of the palm of your hand, and roughly 1 1/2 inches thick.
• Using your hand, take a scoop of the toasted bread crumbs and coat each crab cake.
• Wipe out the skillet and heat the oil over high. Once the oil is hot, place a few of the crab cakes in the skillet. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 3 to 5 minutes on each side, or until browned and cooked through. Place the cooked crab cakes on a paper towel to drain. Working in batches, cook the remaining crab cakes, adding more oil as needed.
• Serve crab cakes immediately, or set aside in a warm oven (see Tip) while you cook the remaining crab cakes.

MISS SHIRLEY'S EASTERN SHORE CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• In a medium-size bowl, thoroughly combine the eggs, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice crab seasoning, parsley, mayonnaise and mustards.
• Place the crabmeat in a large bowl gently fold in the breadcrumbs and the egg mixture so as not to break up the lumps. Shape into 12 slightly flattened balls and chill for at least 1 hour.
• To fry the crab cakes:
• Pour oil into the skillet to a depth of about 1 1/2 inches. Heat the oil to 370° and fry the crab cakes, a couple at a time, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Remove with a slotted spatula to paper towels to drain.
• To broil:
• Place crab cakes under a preheated broiler, turning to cook evenly, until nicely browned, 4 to 5 minutes per side.
• Serve with soda crackers and tartar sauce.

THE BOSS'S CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients EXCEPT crab meat, flour, and oil.
• Lightly toss crab meat into mixture.
• Chill 1-2 hours (this helps it to stick together when forming the cakes.).
• Form into cakes approx 2 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick.
• Put flour in a shallow dish, flip each cake to coat.
• Heat oil in frying pan or skillet.
• Cook cakes in hot oil, 2-3 min per side till golden brown.

CRAB MEAT CAKES MS. PEARL WALLACE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients well. (I use my hands).
• Divide into 8 parts and form patties.
• Roll in cracker meal.
• Fry in deep fat until golden brown.