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Crab Cakes
These delicate seafood cakes are perfect with drinks. If you’re feeling festive, substitute cooked lobster meat for half of the crabmeat.
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| INGREDIENTS |
| 4 | slices white bread, lightly toasted |
1 | medium garlic clove, peeled | |
1 | small onion, peeled and quartered | |
1 | tablespoon unsalted butter | |
1 | tablespoon parsley leaves |
1pound lump crabmeat, picked over to remove cartilage
1/4 | cup mayonnaise |
1 | large egg |
1tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
Tartar sauce (see recipe on page 40)
Preheat oven to 375˚F. Break bread slices in quarters and process with metal blade to fine crumbs, about 40 seconds. Reserve 1/4 of crumbs and put remainder in pie plate.
With machine running, drop garlic through feed tube and process until finely chopped, about 10 seconds. Add onion and chop fine, about 10 seconds. Melt butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add garlic/onion mixture and cook until golden brown, stirring, about 10 minutes.
Using metal blade chop parsley fine, about
5 seconds. Add cooked onion mixture, crabmeat, mayonnaise, egg, lemon juice, salt and reserved bread crumbs; pulse until combined, about 8 times.
Form mixture into
Yield 54 1/2- ounce crab cakes.