Maryland Crab Cakes With Creamy Caper Dill Sauce Recipes

MARYLAND CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Heat broiler, with rack 4 inches from heat. Line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil; set aside. Keeping each pound of crabmeat separate, turn out onto paper towels; pick through to remove any shells or cartilage.
• In a large bowl, stir together mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, egg, mustard, Old Bay, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Add crumbs and small-size crabmeat to mayonnaise mixture; stir well to combine. Gently fold in large-size crabmeat to mayonnaise mixture just until combined. Dividing evenly, form mixture into 8 cakes. To make ahead, see Cook's Notes.
• Place cakes on prepared baking sheet; drizzle with melted butter. Broil until golden brown and warmed throughout, 12 to 15 minutes (move to lower shelf if tops brown too quickly). Serve with tarter sauce and lemon wedges.

CRAB CAKES WITH CREAMY DILL CAPER SAUCE RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Rinse, drain, and flake crabmeat, being careful not to break up lumps. Saute green onion and bell pepper in hot oil in a lg nonstick skillet, 8 min or until tender. Stir together green onion mixture, bread crumbs, egg, and next 5 ingredients. Gently fold in crabmeat. Shape mixture into 14 2-1/2" cakes (~ 1/3 cup). Place on an aluminum foil lined baking sheet; cover and chill at least 1 hr or up to 8 hrs. Melt butter in a lg nonstick skillet over med heat. Add crab cakes, cook in 2 batches, 4 to 5 min on each side or until golden. Sauce: Stir ingredients together; cover and chill up to 3 days.

CRAB CAKES WITH CREAMY CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• for caper sauce:
• Whisk all ingredients in medium bowl. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• for crab cakes:
• Combine crabmeat, 1 cup breadcrumbs, and next five ingredients in large bowl. Spread 2 1/2 cups breadcrumbs on rimmed baking sheet. Using 1/4-cup capacity ice-cream scoop, form crab mixture into 24 small balls. Flatten slightly. Coat crab cakes in breadcrumbs, transfer to another baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 1 day.
• Heat 1/2 cup oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, fry crab cakes until brown, adding more oil to skillet as needed, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer 2 crab cakes to each of 12 plates. Serve, passing caper sauce alongside.