Cheat’s crabcakes with lime and ginger drizzle

Name: Cheat’s crabcakes with lime and ginger drizzle
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 portions of packet mash; 150–200 g fresh crab meat; ½ onion, finely chopped; 8 sprigs of coriander, chopped; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 1 egg yolk; 4 tablespoons breadcrumbs; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 tablespoon lime pickle, finely chopped; 2 cm cube fresh ginger, grated finely; 1 tablespoon runny honey; salad leaves, to serve; 1 lime quartered, to serve

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

Don’t shudder, but this recipe uses packet mash… The trouble with fish cakes is the chore of making the mash before you have even started. Added to the other flavours, the texture of packet mash works really well here and no-one will know. This recipe is also fabulous made with other fish.

Ingredients

2 portions of packet mash
150–200 g fresh crab meat
½ onion, finely chopped

Lunch
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Make the mashed potato according to the packet.
Put the crab meat, onion, chopped pickle, coriander and potato in a bowl and gently mix all the ingredients together with your hands. Taste and season. Add the egg yolk and mix well. Form into 4 large or 8 small crab cakes and roll in the breadcrumbs.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the crab cakes o