The Unicorn Cooks brings you a wholesome recipe of mini crab muffins.
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 small onion, finely chopped
1⁄ 2 crimson pepper, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1⁄ 4 cup mild mayonnaise
1 tablespoon bitter cream
2 teaspoons grainy Dijon mustard
1⁄ 2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel
1⁄ 4 teaspoon salt
1⁄ 8 teaspoon floor crimson pepper (cayenne)
1 pound lump crabmeat, picked over
1 cup recent bread crumbs (about 2 slices bread)
Lemon Sauce (beneath)
Instructions:
1. In 10-inch skillet, soften butter over medium warmth. Add onion, crimson pepper, and celery. Prepare dinner, stirring ceaselessly, till greens are tender, about 10 minutes. Let cool.
2. In massive bowl, stir mayonnaise, bitter cream, mustard, lemon peel, salt, and floor crimson pepper till
blended; stir in crabmeat and bread crumbs simply till combined. Cowl and refrigerate half-hour.
3. In the meantime, put together Lemon Sauce.
4. Preheat oven to 400ºF. Evenly grease two cookie sheets. Drop degree tablespoons crab combination, urgent frivolously, on ready cookie sheets. Bake till golden brown, about quarter-hour. High every crab cake with about 1⁄ 2 teaspoon lemon sauce. Serve sizzling. Makes about 50 mini crab muffins.
Lemon Sauce
In small bowl, stir collectively 1 ⁄ 4 cup mild mayonnaise, 1⁄ 4 cup bitter cream, 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel, 1 tablespoon recent lemon juice, pinch salt, and pinch floor crimson pepper (cayenne) till blended. Makes about 1⁄ 2 cup.
Essential-Dish Crab Desserts
Put together crab muffins (left) however divide crab combination into
8 parts, about 1 ⁄ 2 cup every, and form every right into a 3-inch cake. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake till golden brown, about 20 minutes, gently turning cake over with spatula midway by baking. Serve with Lemon Sauce (reverse), if desired.
