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Miniature Crab Cakes with Tomato Ginger Jam

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Miniature Crab Cakes with Tomato Ginger JamMiki Duisterhof
Cooks' note:

Unbaked crab cakes can chill up to 4 hours.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    5 hours

  • Yield

    Makes about 36 hors d'oeuvres

Ingredients

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 large egg
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
3/4 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon Tabasco
1 lb jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
4 cups cornflakes
Accompaniment: tomato ginger jam
Garnish: thinly sliced fresh cilantro

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Whisk together mayonnaise, egg, mustard, Old Bay, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and Tabasco, then gently stir in crabmeat. Chill, covered, 2 hours.

    Step 2

    Pulse cornflakes in a food processor until coarsely ground and put in a shallow dish. Form 1 heaping teaspoon crab mixture into a 1 1/2-inch-diameter cake (mixture will be very moist), then gently dredge in cornflakes. Make more crab cakes in same manner, transferring to buttered baking sheets. Chill, covered, at least 1 hour.

    Step 3

    Preheat oven to 400°F.

    Step 4

    Bake crab cakes in batches in middle of oven until crisp and golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer with a spatula to a platter and top each with about 1/2 tablespoon tomato ginger jam.

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