Crab Cakes with Lemon-Caper Tartar Sauce

Seafood

My rules for crabmeat: Buy fresh. By the best, and treat it sweet. Be gentle with crabmeat to keep the lobes as large as possible. Seafood remoulade would be a nice alternative to the lemon-caper tartar sauce.

Ingredients

1 /4 cup parsley, chopped

2 tsp. hot Sauce

1 tsp salt

3 eggs +

3 egg yolks

3 /4 cup mayonnaise

3 /4 cup sour cream

1 Tbsp creole seasoning

1 tsp Fresh lemon zest

1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning

1 1 /2 pounds Lump Crabmeat

1 1 /2 cup Saltine Crackers, crumbled

1 stick butter

Instructions

Preheat over to 350.

Mix together all ingredients except crabmeat and cracker crumbs. Gently add crabmeat. Add 1 /2-cup of the cracker crumbs, fold in until just incorporated. Form into 2 1 /2oz. cakes. Use the remaining cracker crumbs to bread the outside of the crab cakes. Place in refrigerator for 45 minutes before cooking.

In a large nonstick pan, melt butter over medium heat. Place crab cakes in hot pan, leaving room so they can be easily turned. Brown on each side and place on baking sheet until ready to serve.

Finish the crab cakes in the oven for 8-10 minutes.

Yield: 18-20 crab cakes

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