Crabs look great. Nice size.
Here's a Thai style crab cake recipe that we like a lot, and make often. Just wish we had a source for fresh crab like you do.
[h1]Thai Style Crab Cakes [/h1]
Time: 15 minutes plus chilling
6 medium raw shrimp, shelled, washed and deveined
1-2 teaspoons nam pla (fish sauce), to taste
1 pound fresh lump crab meat, picked over for cartilage
1 egg
1/4 cup chopped scallion
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1-2 fresh chilis, preferably Thai, minced
1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 to 3 tablespoons bread crumbs, preferably Panko
About 1/2 cup all-purpose flour for dredging
Peanut or vegetable oil as needed
Lime wedges for serving.
1. Purée shrimp in a food processor (smaller is better) until you have a smooth paste, or chop and mash by hand. Add fish sauce. In a bowl, mix the shrimp purée, crab meat, egg, scallion, cilantro, chili, ginger and salt and pepper; add just enough bread crumbs to stiffen mixture a bit. Refrigerate mixture until you are ready to cook; it will be easier to shape into cakes if you refrigerate it for 30 minutes or more.
2. Season flour with salt and pepper. Film bottom of a large skillet with oil and place over medium-high heat. Shape crab meat mixture into cakes 1 inch thick and as wide as you want. Dredge each in flour, and cook, adjusting heat as necessary and turning once (very gently), until golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes a side. Serve with lime wedges.
Yield: 4 servings.
