Madeleine's crabcakes
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb Large deep sea scallops
- 1 Egg white
- 1 ts Salt
- 20 Turns of pepper from the -mill
- 1/2 ts Pulverized crab boil (or -any peppery crab spice)
- 2 tb Very soft butter
- 1/4 c Heavy cream (or more)
- 3/4 lb Picked over backfin crabmeat
Instructions:
Cornflour Clarified butter or oil Put scallops egg white salt pepper and crab spice in food processor. Process 30 seconds. Add butter and process again until well mixed. Cool 2 hours. Add cream then empty into bowl. Fold in crabmeat and shape into cakes. Flour crabcakes in cornflour and fry in butter or oil for about 2 to 3 minutes or until brown and crusty. Turn and fry for about 2 to 3 minutes or until brown and crusty on other side. Season with salt and pepper.
