Crab Cakes w/Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
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Recipe Link: http://www.recipelink.com/cookbooks/2001/1891105051_5.html Crab Cakes w/Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
1 1/2 cups cracker meal (found near bread crumbs in supermarket)
1/2 cup milk (2 splashes)
3, 6 ounce cans lump white crab, drained very well
A few pinches coarse salt
1 rounded teaspoon Old Bay seasfood seasoning
1 tablespoon baking powder
A handful chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 stalk celery from heart of stalk, chopped very fine
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
...(take the jigger top off and add a splash)
6 drops hot sauce, Tabasco or Red Hot
2 tablespoons mayonnaise, or ranch dressing
1 large egg, beaten
Vegetable oil, for frying
1 lemon, cut into wedges
Place cracker meal in a bowl and moisten with milk.
Add crabmeat, salt, Old Bay seasoning, baking powder,
parsley, celery, lemon zest, Worcestershire, Tabasco,
mayonnaise or dressing, and beaten egg.
Combine crab cake mixture and form into 8 patties.
Fry in hot oil (1/2-inch deep) over medium-high heat
until golden, 3 to 5 minutes on each side.
Serve with lemon wedges and Red Pepper Sauce (recipe
below).
Makes: 10 (2-inch) cakes
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
1, 14 ounce jar roasted red peppers, drained,
....or 3 homemade roasted peppers
6 to 10 drops hot sauce, depending on your palate
...(6 for mild, 10 for hot)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1/2 teaspoon celery salt, or to taste
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and pulse
until a smooth, loose paste is formed.
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