Lord Baltimore Hotel Crab Cakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons dijon mustard (this instead of english dry mustard is my variation on traditional recipes)
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pinch cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 lbs dungeness crabmeat (or lump crab meat from the best crab available to you)
• 2 tablespoons cracker crumbs
• clarified butter, as needed (for frying, sauteing)
• breadcrumbs, as needed (japanese bread crumbs)

Recipe

• 1 whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl to blend.
• 2 add mayonnaise, mustard, worcestershire, old bay seasoning, pepper, cayenne and salt and whisk until smooth.
• 3 mix in crab and cracker crumbs.
• 4 form into 16 small (1/2 inch thick) crab cakes if serving as an appetize or 8 cakes if using as an entree.
• 5 place on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper or wax paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• 6 coat the crab cakes with panko bread crumbs.
• 7 fry in clarified butter until golden brown on both sides.
• 8 serve with tartar sauce or cocktail sauce or your favorite sauce.