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Crab Cakes With Mustard Sauce

Here's how you make Crab Cakes With Mustard Sauce
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • CRAB CAKES
  • 1 pound crab (shredded, fresh or frozen)
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
  • 3 tablespoons finely minced carrots
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 2/3 cup minced green onion
  • 1/2 large baked potato, peeled, and mashed lightly
  • 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • MUSTARD SAUCE
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 1/2 cup clam juice
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat the oven to 425 degrees.

  • Step 2: Combine the crab meat, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, whole-grain mustard, carrot, lime juice, green onions, potato, cilantro, soy sauce and bread crumbs.

  • Step 3: Form into patties about 3 inches in diameter.

  • Step 4: Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook half the patties until they're golden brown on one side, 4 to 5 minutes.

  • Step 5: Remove them to a baking sheet.

  • Step 6: Cook the remaining patties and add them to the baking sheet.

  • Step 7: Bake the crab cakes until they're heated through, about 3 minutes.

  • Step 8: Serve with Mustard Sauce.

  • Step 9: Can be served with vegetables and potatoes as an entree or on a small bed of mango and papaya as an appetizer.

  • FOR THE MUSTARD SAUCE

  • Step 10: Cook the garlic and shallots in the butter over medium heat until softened, about 2 minutes.

  • Step 11: Add the wine and clam juice and continue cooking until the liquid is reduced by half, about 10 minutes.

  • Step 12: Add the cream and continue to cook until the sauce is again reduced by half, 10 minutes.

  • Step 13: Add the Dijon mustard and lemon juice.

  • Step 14: Cook for 1 minute and strain.

  • Step 15: Stir in the whole-grain mustard and serve.

  • Step 16: Makes about 3/4 cup.


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