Super-rich Virginia Crab Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups backfin crab meat, picked over
• 1 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 dash hot sauce
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
• 2 teaspoons grated onions
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, combine crab meat and bread crumbs.
• 2 in a small bowl, whisk eggs well and add cream, whisking.
• 3 add cream mixture, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, parsley, onion and salt and pepper to taste to crab mixture and combine well.
• 4 in large heavy skillet, heat 1 tbs butter over moderate heat until foam subsides and into it drop half of crab mixture by tablespoons.
• 5 cook crab cakes until golden brown, about 2 minutes, on each side, and repeat with remaining tablespoon butter and crab mixture.
• 6 serve crab cakes warm.
• 7 makes 24 crab cakes.