Crab Cakes with Spicy Shrimp Sauce

Curt and I usually make these over 4th of July after we load up on dungeness crab at Mom and Dad’s house. Everyone loves these things – what’s not to like, really?

Crab Cakes

Ingredients:

1# crab meat chopped
1/2 finely chopped green pepper
1/2 finely chopped red pepper
1 stalks celerey finely chopped
1/2 cup fresh basil finely chopped
1 yellow onion finely chopped
1 3.5 oz box panko breading
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 eggs
coat in corn meal (optional)

 

Directions:

Sweat the onions until soft and clear.
Mix all other ingredients  in a large bowl.
Once the onions have cooled off, mix them in.
Form crab patties and pan fry them in about 1/2 in vegetable oil until golden brown on both sides

 

 

Shrimp Sauce

Ingredients:

2 cups whipping cream
3 Tbl. Chopped basil
1 tso cayenne
2 tsp lemon juice
3 cloves chopped garlic
2 Tbl. Butter
1 Tbl cornstarch dissolved in 1 Tbl water
1 # shrimp

 

Directions:

Saute butter, garlic & basil. Add shrimp & cook. Add rest of ingredients except for starch & simmer. Add starch to thicken..

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