Ingredients
- 43g tin John West dressed crab, plus 170g jumbo crab meat (Asda Extra Special) or other white crab meat, drained
- 2 spring onions
- 1 pack (about 25g) fresh coriander
- 1 piece jalapeño pepper, from a jar
- grated zest of ½ lemon
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 3 rounded tablespoons dried breadcrumbs (Waitrose Cooks’ Ingredients) or dried ciabatta breadcrumbs (Tesco Ingredients)
- a good pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 heaped tablespoon semolina
- 1 tablespoon groundnut or other flavourless oil
For the red pepper mayonnaise
- the equivalent of ½ fresh red pepper (from a jar of roasted peppers)
- 1 fat clove garlic, peeled
- 2 rounded tablespoons Delouis Fils fresh mayonnaise
- a good pinch of cayenne pepper
First of all, chop the spring onions, half the coriander (minus any very thick stalks) and the jalapeño in a mini-chopper. Combine these with the rest of the ingredients (except the semolina and oil), season and mix well. After that, divide the mixture into 6 and form it into round patties, squeezing the mixture together firmly. Spoon the semolina on to a plate and coat the crab cakes on all sides.
For the mayonnaise, whiz the ingredients together in a mini-chopper and empty it into a dish.
To cook the crab cakes, heat the oil in a medium frying-pan till very hot and shimmering, then cook them for about 2 minutes on each side. Serve with the remaining coriander to garnish and a good helping of the mayonnaise.
Serves two as a main course. (Three cakes each)
What I did
I didn't have fresh coriander so I used some parsley and dried coriander.
I moulded the cakes in a cookie cutter to give them a good shape
I popped them in the freezer for ten minutes in case they fell apart when frying
I made a sweet chilli and garlic mayo by putting some chilli jam and a little garlic paste into some Hellman's. I used about 4-5 tablespoons of mayo as Delia's didn't give a very large amount. Well I needed something to dunk those chips into now I am no longer dieting.
10 comments:
Your crab cakes look delicious. I bet they go perfectly well with that sauce. A great combo!
Cheers,
Rosa
Hi Brenda, yipee you're back! I've really missed you, and your posts...I was worrying about you. Hope you are well. These crab cakes lovely divine, the sauce looks wonderful. Great to have you back. Love Lucie x
OMG I love crabs Brenda and yours crab cakes look fantastic!! I love this! Im happy you are back my dear, have anice Sunday!! cheers, gloria
I recieved this book as a gift ages ago and have never used it - must take another look!
Your crab cakes look wonderful.
I am a huge crab cake fan a yours look heavenly. I would love the sauce as well. Glad to see you posting. Hope you are well.
They look soooo good Brenda!
Oooh, I love crab, but rarely get the chance to buy fresh so it's nice to see a recipe that uses a tin. Mind you, unlike you who has now got "permission" to eat again, I now have some Target Trousers... At least it's only my pride that's at stake, unlike last summer when like you I had a son's wedding !
Rosa - they are so good.
Lucie - Lovely to see you and thank you x
Rosa - Thank you. So nice to 'see' you again x
BVG - Yes have a look. i still think it could be an expensive shopping list but I note some of the recipes are quite easily adapted.
Bridgett - Thank you. I hope you enjoy these if you try them. let me know.x
Anna - Thank you. That is one gorgeous picture of you :)
Betterlate - At least we can sympathise with each other. Good luck with the weight loss. I couldn't change my eating habits for life. I'll probably never get into that dress again. Good luck with your trousers x
Phwoar those crab cakes look delish. Love any kind of fishcake - have never made crab cakes so must give it a go sometime soon. Yum!
The crab cakes look perfect Brenda. Great job!
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