Groucho Club crab cakes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- 4 as a starter
Ingredients
- 200g mixed crabmeat
- 100g fresh breadcrumbs, plus extra if needed
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
- small pack coriander, roughly chopped, plus a few leaves to serve
- 1 lime, zested, 1/2 juiced
- bunch spring onions, half sliced, half shredded
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 carrot, finely shredded, to serve
- sweet chilli sauce, to serve
Method
- STEP 1
To make the crab cakes, tip the crabmeat, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, curry paste, coriander, lime zest, juice and sliced spring onions into a bowl. Mix together until well combined – the mixture should be spoonable and not sloppy – this will depend on the ratio of brown crabmeat you use. If it’s too wet, add some more breadcrumbs to make it the right consistency.
- STEP 2
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Divide the mixture into 4, shape into patties, then fry for 3 mins on each side until golden and crisp. If you are serving these as a canapé (which we did at the Groucho Club), you can simply fry tablespoons of the mixture to make mini cakes.
- STEP 3
Scatter some carrot, the shredded spring onion and coriander leaves over the plate and serve the crab cakes on top with a pot of sweet chilli sauce on the side.
