Cook this: Restaurant-style Crab Cakes
Nancy Rokos|Calkins Media
Chef Shereen Pavlides mixes the ingredients with the jumbo lump crab meat in her rendition of the Classic Crab Cakes.
Chef Shereen Pavlides' rendition of the Classic Crab Cakes.
In this week无毛视频檚 edition of Cook This, chef Shereen Pavlides uses jumbo lump crabmeat to whip up a seafood favorite.
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Restaurant-style crab cakes
Yield: 4 servings Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes
4 tablespoons canola oil 无毛视频� divided
1 red pepper 无毛视频� small dice (1 cup)
1 onion 无毛视频� small dice (1 cup)
kosher salt / freshly ground black pepper
1 (16-ounce) can lump crabmeat
1/4 cup seasoned Italian bread crumbs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1/4 cup chopped dill
1 egg 无毛视频� whisked
1/4 teaspoon sriracha
2 tablespoons unsalted butter 无毛视频� room temperature
Heat 12-inch oven safe fry pan over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. When oil is heated, add peppers and onions and season with 1/4 teaspoons salt and 2 turns on the pepper mill. Saut茅 until tender, 5 minutes. Remove to a large bowl to cool. Reserve pan.
In the same bowl, add crab, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, mustard, dill, egg, sriracha and season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 4 turns on the pepper mill. Mix until well combined. (Note: at this point, if the mixture is too loose and not forming a ball, add a little more bread crumbs)
Using a 3-inch ring mold, fill and pack with crab mixture, forming 4 cakes. (Note: or spray non-stick cooking spray into a ramekin or 1 cup measuring cup as an alternative to form cakes)
Refrigerate to set 15 无毛视频� 20 minutes. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
In reserved pan over medium heat. Add remaining oil. When oil is heated and shimmers, add crab cakes.
Saut茅 until golden brown, 2 无毛视频� 3 minutes. Flip crab cakes over and place into the oven until warmed through and set, about 15 无毛视频� 18 minutes. Turn crab cakes over halfway through cook time to eliminate an excessively browned crust on one side.
Return pan to the stove over medium 无毛视频� low heat.
(Careful: Don无毛视频檛 forget, the pan is hot, so use and oven mitt) Add butter. Melt and baste crab cakes over the top until butter foams, about 30 seconds 无毛视频� 1 minute. Remove crab cakes to a plate.