Delmarva Crab Cakes Recipe

Serves 6

Recipe is typical spicy crab cakes of the Delmarva area.

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb crabmeat
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 tbsp mayo
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp dry mustard
  • 2 tsp worchestershire sauce
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • Sauce:
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 cup milk

    • Instructions:

    1. Pick out shells from crabmeat and sprinkle crab with lemon juice. Make sauce.
    2. Heat and stir together butter and flour and stir in 1/2 cup milk until thick. Cool.
    3. Beat 2 eggs with the cooled sauce and blend in the mayo, 1/4 cup breadcrumbs, salt and pepper, mustard and worchestershire.
    4. Gently combine crabmeat with saucemixture and chill until firm.
    5. Form into 9 to 12 patties.
    6. Beat 1 egg with milk.
    7. Bread cakes by dipping them in flour then egg milk mixture and then in remaining breadcrumbs and paprika.
    8. Fry in hot shortening until golden.