Naga's Crab Cakes Recipe
Ingredients
| 2 pink or ruby grapefruit (about 1 lb. each) | ||
| 3/4 pound shelled cooked crab | ||
| 2 tablespoons diced 1/4 in.) red bell pepper | ||
| Celery | 1 Tablespoon, diced | |
| Red onion | 1 Tablespoon, diced | |
| Parsley | 2 Tablespoon, chopped | |
| Egg | 1 Large | |
| Dry mustard | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Mayonnaise | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ground pepper | 1/8 Teaspoon | |
| Cayenne | 1/8 Teaspoon | |
| Panko | 1 Cup (16 tbs), dried | |
| Butter/Margarine | 7 Tablespoon | |
| Pink grapefruit sauce | ||
| Parsley | 2 Tablespoon, minced | |
Directions
1. With a knife, cut and discard peel and white membrane from grapefruit. Holding fruit over a strainer nested in a bowl, cut between inner membrane and segments to release; drop segments into strainer and collect juice to use for sauce. Discard membrane.
2. Sort through crab and discard any bits of shell.
3. In another bowl, combine red bell pepper, celery, onion, chopped parsley, egg, mustard, mayonnaise, pepper, and cayenne. Mix well with a fork. Add crab and stir just to mix.
4. Put panko in a shallow pan. Mound 1/8 of the crab mixture on panko, and pat crumbs lightly on top. With a spatula, transfer cake (it's fragile) to a sheet of waxed paper. Repeat with remaining crab mixture to shape and coat remaining cakes. Set slightly apart on waxed paper.
5. In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. When hot, set crab cakes slightly apart in pan. Cook, turning once, until browned on both sides, 5 to 8 minutes total. Add more butter if needed to brown evenly. As cooked, set cakes on warm plates and keep warm.
6. Set pan with pink grapefruit sauce over high heat, add 4 tablespoons butter, in chunks, and stir until melted, about 1 1/2 minutes. Spoon warm sauce equally around crab cakes. Garnish with grapefruit segments and sprinkle with parsley.
2. Sort through crab and discard any bits of shell.
3. In another bowl, combine red bell pepper, celery, onion, chopped parsley, egg, mustard, mayonnaise, pepper, and cayenne. Mix well with a fork. Add crab and stir just to mix.
4. Put panko in a shallow pan. Mound 1/8 of the crab mixture on panko, and pat crumbs lightly on top. With a spatula, transfer cake (it's fragile) to a sheet of waxed paper. Repeat with remaining crab mixture to shape and coat remaining cakes. Set slightly apart on waxed paper.
5. In a 10- to 12-inch nonstick frying pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. When hot, set crab cakes slightly apart in pan. Cook, turning once, until browned on both sides, 5 to 8 minutes total. Add more butter if needed to brown evenly. As cooked, set cakes on warm plates and keep warm.
6. Set pan with pink grapefruit sauce over high heat, add 4 tablespoons butter, in chunks, and stir until melted, about 1 1/2 minutes. Spoon warm sauce equally around crab cakes. Garnish with grapefruit segments and sprinkle with parsley.
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