Crab Cakes

The ideal crab cake is made of big chunks of lump crabmeat held together with minimal bread crumbs and egg. While good-quality lump crabmeat, especially jumbo grade ( for more about crabmeat grades), has very little shell and cartilage, you should pick through it to be sure. To spot the cartilage, spread the meat on a sheet pan and slide it under the broiler for just a few seconds. The cartilage will turn red.