Crab Royale Recipe 355

CRAB ROYALE RECIPE - (3.5/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F In a large bowl, combine the crabmeat, cheese, bread crumbs, mayo, milk, celery, pimiento, bell pepper, onion, lemon juice, black pepper and salt. Mix thoroughly. Spoon the mixture into baking dish. Bake 15 min, or until lightly browned and heated through.

KING CRAB ROYAL

Steps:

• Cut crab legs into 3-inch pieces.
• Combine remaining ingredients and brush over crab.
• Place crab legs on broiler pan.
• Broil 3 to 5 inches from heat for 3 to 4 minutes, brushing occasionally with sauce.
• To grill: prepare crab legs as directed above.
• Place crab on grill rack about 5 inches above coals.
• Grill 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

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.