Crab Cakes
These crab cakes are a mixture of crab meat - of course - with onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, egg and mayonnaise.
The cakes are made fairly thick and shallow fried in a pan, but they can also be deep fried.
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Last modified on: July 1st 2015
For 6 cakes, you will need:
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1 tablespoon 
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How long does it take?
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
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| 22 min. | 30 min. | 11 min. | 1 hour 3 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1
2 min.
Put 250 g crab meat into a bowl and pour 2 tablespoons lemon juice over.
Stage 3
4 min.
Add the chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon Mayonnaise and 1 egg. Salt sparingly and pepper generously.Stage 4
2 min.
Mix all this together.If the mixture is too wet or soft, add more breadcrumbs.
Stage 5
10 min.
Shape into thick cakes with your hands or, for a more regular shape, use a cutter and a tablespoon.Stage 6
30 min.
Use up all the mixture, then refrigerate the prepared crab cakes for at least 30 minutes. This will firm them up so that they do not fall apart during cooking.Stage 7
1 min.
Pour 6 tablespoons oil into a frying pan on medium heat. When hot, gently lower in 2 crab cakes.Stage 8
10 min.
Fry the crab cakes on both sides until nicely browned.Stage 9
Serve with a green salad or coleslaw and a dollop of mayonnaise on top.Remarks
For a more robust flavour, you can replace the mayonnaise with a spoonful of mustard.
Nutritional information
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How much will it cost?
For 6 cakes : 8.28 €
Per cakes : 1.38 €
Source: Home made.
More recipes?
This recipe use (among others) | Crab meat: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Seafood feuillantines, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, Breton Sandwich, ... All |
 | Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Boeuf (beef) bourguignon, Lemon Mayonnaise, Quiche Lorraine, Pancake batter, Gratin du Nord, ... All |
 | Lemon juice: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Home-made doner kebab, Cubed salad, Tomato ladybirds, Exotic fruit tart, Corn salad with croutons, ... All |
 | Breadcrumbs: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Scallops au gratin, Fish in a seed crust, Crunchy little pieces of fish, Tomatoes Provençal, Sesame fried scampi, ... All |
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