Southern Entree

Crab Cakes with Remoulade SAuce
(8 patties /serves 4)

These delicious crab cakes are served with a creamy mustard Remoulade sauce.

Patties
2 T mayonnaise
2 T fresh parsley (chopped)
¼ C green onion, or scallion (fine dice)
1 tsp. coarse-grained mustard
Dash Tabasco sauce
1 T Old Bay seasoning
2 egg whites (lightly beaten)
1 C fresh white bread crumbs (divided)
1 lb. lump crab meat (fresh or canned; see sidebar)
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Sauce
1 C mayonnaise
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. Tabasco sauce (or less)
1/4 C scallions (minced)
1/4 C celery (minced)
1/4 fresh parsley (minced)
1 tsp. lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Patties: combine first 7 ingredients (up to breadcrumbs and crab meat). Mix thoroughly. Gently fold in 3/4 C breadcrumbs and the crab. Form into 8 patties (about 2 1/2” in diameter).

Roll patties in remaining breadcrumbs. Saute the patties (4 at a time) in a non-stick skillet with a little oil, 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter in a warm oven (200) till ready to serve. Serve with Remoulade Sauce on the side.

Sauce: mix together and serve in a small bowl to accompany crab cakes.

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Tips & Glossary

Basic southern cuisine differs from its Cajun, Creole, and Southwestern cousins in its lack of hot spices. As a result, it's rich but mild—the ultimate in comfort food!

• Crabmeat: meat from the body, legs or claws of numerous varieties of crab. Most prized is jumbo lump from the hind leg. But for crab cakes and casseroles, use regular lump, as well as finback from the body. Claw meat is brown and stronger flavored, though also good for crab recipes. Buy it fresh if you can.

• Greens: a staple in Southern cooking, they're in the cabbage family and include kale, collards, turnip, spinach, and mustard greens. Usually served with black-eyed peas and cornbread to sop up the pot likker.

• Grits: another staple of Southern cooking: coarsely ground corn, cooked as porridge. Once cooked, grits are served plain, baked in a casserole, fried or deep-fried as a fritter. (Think polenta.)

• Pie Crust: store bought crusts are fine. But for the skilled (or more daring) among you, make your own. Here's our recipe—Noel's Pie Crust.

• Yams a type of sweet potato with an elongated shape and deep orange flesh. A true yam is grown in Africa and Asia is actually quite different from what Americans call yams.