How To Make Brio Crab Cakes

Luscious crab cakes made with a pound of lump crabmeat, bound with a creamy Dijon sauce and a low-cal coating of Panko. Great with a dollop of remoulade!

If we've established 1 affair in the two years I've been running this blog, it's that I'yard non shy about speaking freely when information technology comes to my food preferences. Read: I'one thousand totally opinionated nigh what I cook and eat!

Sometimes, though, a dish comes along that varies so widely beyond traditions that it tin be difficult to pinpoint a articulate favorite.  Crab cakes are i of those foods for me.

Run a seach for "the all-time crab cakes," and you'll find about every bit many regional recipes (often alien in technique) as there are crabs in the bay.  In my quest to find a "perfect" crab block recipe over the years, I've learned that I'm really an equal-opportunity crab cake eater.

Breaded, fried, baked, or broiled, as long every bit the cakes are made with lump crabmeat (fresh over pasteurized when possible) and don't contain a lot of other fillers, I'm not going to plow them downwardly.

As a result, I have three different "favorite" crab block recipes, each of which, I believe, has its strong points. Today's recipe for Roux Crab Cakes is my go-to in the "Breaded and Fried" category.

I've lost count of how many times I've fabricated this recipe over the years. The cakes combine a full pound of sweetness lump crabmeat with a creamy base flavored with Dijon mustard and a touch of sautéed aromatics.

Crabmeat is so delicious and delicate on its own that I tend to exist light-handed with the added flavors in all of my crab block recipes. A thin breadstuff nibble coating gives the cakes a light crunch to contrast their tender interiors.

They're delicious for lunch, a light dinner, or prepared "cocktail-size" for entertaining.  I serve them with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and a dollop of my favorite remoulade for a trivial actress "oomph."

These Roux Crab Cakes are inspired by a recipe I establish in the Williams-Sonoma Hors d'Oeuvre book over a decade ago, which spring the cakes with a mixture of whole eggs and reduced heavy cream.

The showtime time I made the recipe, I liked the flavors very much, but found that the cream made the cakes a little on the rich side for my taste buds, and quite frail to maneuver. Even with a plentiful arctic fourth dimension and breadcrumb coating, I had difficulty getting the crab cakes to concord together in the pan.

I'd remembered reading about roux-based cakes, which utilize a heavy béchamel sauce as a binder. And so, the next time I made them, I tried swapping out the heavy cream for an equivalent quantity of béchamel (but enough to moisten) with great results. The texture was yet creamy, but the cakes were a flake easier to handle.

A few additional tweaks and I had a crab cake recipe that'southward become a existent summertime favorite in my business firm.

I all the same retrieve one of the get-go times I made these crab cakes for friends. The cakes were bully, but the evening was my beginning entertaining disaster.  I decided to throw a "dinner soiree" equally I was heading into my Senior year of higher (ever the hostess!).

Unbeknownst to me, the (old) electric stove in my apartment conked out in the middle of dinner prep, leaving my principal course uncooked when I pulled it out to serve.

10 years later, I withal remember the feeling of doom when I saw those sad little (raw) chicken breasts staring back at me from the baking pan. Thank heaven for my platter of crab cakes and the coconut cake my friend had baked for dessert, or we would've been calling for pizza.

Live, larn, and eat crab cakes whenever possible!

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• ▢ iii tablespoons unsalted butter , divided
• ▢ ane/4 cup finely chopped celery stalks
• ▢ ii tablespoons thinly-sliced scallions
• ▢ 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
• ▢ 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• ▢ ane/ii cup milk
• ▢ 1 large egg yolk , lightly browbeaten
• ▢ ane-i/two tablespoons Dijon mustard
• ▢ one/2 teaspoon kosher table salt
• ▢ 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• ▢ i pound lump crabmeat , drained well and picked over for cartilage
• ▢ 3/4 cup obviously breadcrumbs *
• ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ▢ lemon wedges , for serving
• ▢ Pickapeppa Remoulade , for serving

• Melt two tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan or sauté pan until foaming subsides. Add celery, scallions, and bong pepper, and sauté until just commencement to soften, about 2 minutes. Stir in flour and melt over medium heat for i-2 minutes. Slowly whisk in milk and cook, stirring, until very thick and pulling abroad from sides and lesser of pan, about two minutes. Remove from heat and let stand up ane minute. Gradually whisk in egg yolk, followed by Dijon mustard, table salt, and pepper. Let mixture cool for 5 minutes.

• Fold crabmeat into the sauce, gently breaking up the lumps, but leaving some large pieces intact. Shape into half-dozen cakes (roughly, 1/three-loving cup each), and coat with breadcrumbs. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, and up to 3 hours.

• Heat olive oil and remaining one tablespoon butter in a 12-inch sauté pan until foaming subsides. Melt crab cakes about 4 minutes per side until golden brownish and heated throughout, using a thin spatula to gently flip. Serve hot with a squeeze of lemon juice and a dollop of remoulade, if desired.

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*I love the extra crunch of Panko bread crumbs, merely observe the texture of most brands besides coarse for these crab cakes. So, I like to give the Panko a few pulses in the food processor before breading for a finer consistency. Alternately, you can add together them to a zip-top handbag, seal, and shell them with a rolling pin.

Calories: 244 kcal | Carbohydrates: 13 g | Poly peptide: 17 g | Fat: 13 thou | Saturated Fat: 5 g | Cholesterol: 81 mg | Sodium: 982 mg | Potassium: 225 mg | Sugar: 2 g | Vitamin A: 405 IU | Vitamin C: 9.vii mg | Calcium: 92 mg | Atomic number 26: 1.four mg

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Please notation that our recipes take been developed using the US Customary measurement system and have not been tested for high altitude/elevation cooking and baking.

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