Quick Crab Cakes/Patties

there are only 4! as I ate one before taking the pic!

 

 Ingredients: enough for 5

1 tin of white crabmeat (121 g.)

1 beaten egg

about 1 tablspn. melted butter

fresh breadcrumbs

small amount of chopped fresh corriander

lemon zest

little salt, black pepper

flour

groundnut oil

This is a really basic recipe, and are very nice plain,  but you could add your choice of herbs or other stuff ........ if you keep tinned crabmeat in your larder, they are a good standby.

1. In your food processor, blitz the crabmeat, beaten egg, melted butter.

2. Put this  mixture into a bowl and add some breadcrumbs and seasoning. Mix well together and add more breadcrumbs to make a nice pattie-texture - (not too wet, not to dry!)

3. Season to taste, adding the lemon zest.

4. Heat a few inches of groundnut oil in your wok/pan

5. Make the mixture into patties or balls, roll in flour, once or twice - depending how 'wet' they may be, reshape again. 

I put mine into the oil with a slotted spoon, and just pat them down a little.

6. Fry in the hot oil, but (try and) wait until they are just brown before turning them over.

They only need frying for a few minutes on each side.

Drain them on kitchen paper - nosh!