Serve these miniature crab cakes as a holiday appetizer or at brunch. Rubbed sage and orange zest season the crab cake mixture and dried cranberries add festive color.
20m
PREP TIME
12m
COOK TIME
185
CALORIES
12
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients 12 Servings
- Step1
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries
- 1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Rubbed Sage
- 1/2 teaspoon orange peel, finely grated
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 pound lump crabmeat
- 1 cup crumbled corn bread
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1 Mix mayonnaise, cranberries, sage, orange peel, pepper and salt in small bowl. Set aside. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in small skillet on medium heat. Add celery and onion; cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender. Cool slightly.
- 2 Gently mix crabmeat and corn bread in large bowl. Add egg, and cranberry and celery mixtures; toss to coat well. Shape into 24 small crab cakes. Refrigerate 15 minutes.
- 3 Melt 1 tablespoon of the remaining butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add crab cakes several at a time; cook about 6 minutes or until golden brown, turning once. Keep warm while frying remaining crab cakes. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter as needed.
TIPS AND TRICKS
Make Ahead: Crabmeat mixture may be shaped into crab cakes a day ahead. Place on tray and cover. Refrigerate until ready to cook. Continue as directed.
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