Crab cakes (TM)
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A recipe for crab cakes made in a Thermomix
Ingredients
Ingredients
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- 16 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 4cm root ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 3-4 long, green indian chillies, stalks removed
- 1 small onion halved
- Garlic, to taste, peeled
- 4 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh coriander
- 4 large eggs
- 450g crab meat (from claws)
- Plain flour
- Olive oil
Method
- Grind bread into crumbs 4 seconds / Speed 7
- Remove and reserve
- Add the ginger, chillies, onion, garlic and coriander and 2 of the eggs 5 seconds / Speed 5
- Scrape down side of bowl
- Stir in the crab meat and 8 tablespoons of the breadcrumbs 10 seconds / Speed 3 / Reverse blade
- Divide the mixture into 6 or 9 and shape into cakes
- Chill on a tray in the fridge for 30 minutes 1 hour to firm up
- Beat the remaining 2 eggs
- Put the remaining breadcrumbs and the flour on separate plates
- Lightly coat each crab cake in the flour, then the egg and finally the breadcrumbs
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and brown the crab cakes for a minute or 2 each side
- Oil the varoma tray, add the crab cakes and steam 10 minutes / Temp Varoma /Speed 1 (pre-heat first)
Serving suggestions
Serve with chilli jam and lettuce dressed in a warm mixture of olive oil and fries garlic
Recipe source
- Lightly adapted and converted for Thermomix from a recipe by Angela Hartnett