Crabmeat Cakes With Mustard Sauce
- Ready In:
- 38mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
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For the Cakes
- 6 slices white bread, crusts removed
- 1 lb lump crabmeat, picked over for shells
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped dill pickle
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, for frying
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, for frying
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For the Sauce
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1⁄2 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons whole grain mustard
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
- kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
directions
- Prepare the crab cakes: Pulse the bread in a food processor to make coarse crumbs; spread out the crumbs on a sheet pan.
- In a large bowl, mix the crab, mayonnaise, egg yolk, celery and pickles.
- Form into 8 oval-shaped cakes.
- Dredge each crab cake in the breadcrumbs, coating them all over; place on a plate and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
- Make the sauce: In a small saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon butter.
- Stir in the flour, curry powder and paprika; cook until the flour and spices lose their raw smell, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth and milk.
- Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until thickened, 5 minutes.
- Stir in the mustard and mustard seeds; simmer to develop the flavors, about 5 more minutes.
- Whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter; add ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Keep warm until ready to serve.
- Fry the crab cakes: Melt the 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet.
- Add the crab cakes; cook until browned on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Turn and cook until evenly browned on all sides.
- Serve with the mustard sauce.
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Vino Girl
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My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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