1 lb Crabmeat
2 tb Lemon juice
3 Eggs
2 tb Mayo
1 c Breadcrumbs
1 ts Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
1 ts Dry mustard
2 ts Worchestershire sauce
3/4 c Milk
1/4 c Flour
1 ts Paprika
Sauce:
1 tb Butter
1 tb Flour
1/2 c Milk
Pick out shells from crabmeat and sprinkle crab with lemon juice. Make
sauce. Heat and stir together butter and flour and stir in 1/2 cup
milk until thick. Cool. Beat 2 eggs with the cooled sauce and blend
in the mayo, 1/4 cup breadcrumbs, salt and pepper, mustard and
worchestershire.Gently combine crabmeat with saucemixture and chill
until firm. Form into 9 to 12 patties. Beat 1 egg with milk. Bread
cakes by dipping them in flour then egg milk mixture and then in
remaining breadcrumbs and paprika. Fry in hot shortening until
golden. Recipe is typical spicy crab cakes of the Delmarva area.
Yields
6 Servings