Morston Hall crab cakes

Name: Morston Hall crab cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 8 dressed crabs; 2 egg yolks, beaten; 4 tbsp chopped coriander; seasoned plain flour, for coating; 1 egg, beaten with 75 ml milk; 1 egg, beaten with 75 ml milk; 175 g white breadcrumbs; reserved dark crab meat; splash sunflower oil; juice ½ lime; 1 tsp anchovy essence; 1 tbsp crème fraîche; freshly ground black pepper, for seasoning

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Recipes For Life

By Peter Marshall

Published 2013

About

Ingredients

8 dressed crabs
2 egg yolks, beaten
4 tbsp chopped coriander

Lunch

Method

Using your fingers, separate the crab meat, removing any bits of shell and flaking the white meat. Reserve the dark crab meat.
In a bowl, combine the white crab meat with the beaten egg yolks and the coriander. Season to taste.
Divide the mixture into 8 and, using your hands, form 8 even-sized crab cakes. Place them on a tray