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Louisiana Crab Cakes with Fresh
Tomato Tartar Sauce
Grill Room, Windsor Court Hotel,
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Tartar Sauce
2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup fresh lemon or lime juice
1/4 cup minced scallion
2 tablespoons minced, drained
bottled capers
12 cornichons (French sour gherkins)
2 fresh jalapeños, seeded and minced
2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded, minced
Crab Cakes
6 tablespoons unsalted butter,
cut into bits
3/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 pound lump crabmeat
1/2 cup each minced red, green and
yellow bell pepper
1/4 cup minced scallion
Pinch cayenne
3 cups fine fresh breadcrumbs
1/4 cup clarified butter
Tartar Sauce: In bowl whisk
together mayonnaise, lemon juice, onion, capers, cornichons, chiles,
tomatoes, and salt and black pepper to taste.
Chill the sauce, covered, for
at least 1 hour or overnight.
In a saucepan heat butter over
moderately low heat until foam subsides,
add flour and cook the roux,
stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the milk in a
stream, whisking vigorously, and
bring the mixture to a boil. Add salt
and pepper to taste and simmer the
white sauce, stirring, for 10 minutes.
In a large bowl combine well
crabmeat, bell peppers, scallion, cayenne,
salt and pepper to taste and the
white sauce. Let mixture cool. Stir in 1
cup breadcrumbs, shape the mixture
into cakes using a 1/4 cup measure
and dredge the cakes in the remaining 2
cups breadcrumbs, coating
them thoroughly.
In a skillet heat some of the clarified butter over moderately high heat
until hot but not smoking and in it sauté the crab cakes in batches, adding
the remaining clarified butter as necessary, for 5-6 minutes on each side,
or until they are just golden. Transfer them to paper towels to drain.
Serve the crab cakes with the tartar sauce. Garnish with lemon wedges.
Makes 20 crab cakes.
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