Linda Crismer's Maryland Crab Cakes

Crab cakes with snow peas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Dry Ingredients

1 tbsp. Old Bay                                                            

½ tsp. salt                                                                                           

1 tbsp. parsley flakes

1 tbsp. flour                                                     

¼ tsp. baking powder

Wet ingredients 

½ tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 egg

1 tbsp. mayonnaise

1 tbsp. mustard

1 lb. Phillips chunked crab meat (recommended by Linda found at Costco in the deli section).

Make bread crumbs from 3 slices of bread (no crust) and moisten in milk.

Mix all dry ingredients together.

Add egg, mayonnaise, and mustard to dry.

Add other ingredients to soaked bread crumbs.

Add crab meat.

If mixture is not stiff, add more flour (tsp. at a time).

Form into cakes and fry in hot grease.  After cooking the first side, turn and cook using medium-low heat. 

Recipe by Linda Crismer (they are the BOMB!)

 

Paired with a nice California Sauvignon Blanc!

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