Crab cakes

This weekend’s Preakness Stakes may have you thinking about crab cakes-one Maryland’s most famous dishes.  Here are two recipes from Marylanddelivered.com

1 lb. crab meat (backfin or jumbo lump)

1 Tablespoon flour

1 egg beaten

1/4 cup thick cream

1/8 lb. butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

cayenne pepper to taste

Mix crab and flour and stir gently to coat.  Add egg, cream and seasonings together.  Pour over crab and mix gently.  Melt butter in a heavy skillet and drop large spoonfulls of crab mixture into hot butter.  Brown on both sides.  Makes 8 cakes.

Poor Man’s Crab Cakes (no crab)

2 cups shredded zucchini (unpeeled)

2 cups bread crumbs

1 egg

1 tablespoon mayonnaise

1 teaspoon mustard (optional)

1 Tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning

oil

Mix all ingredients together and shape into patties.  Pan fry or deep fry in oil until brown.