Ingredients
Wild Mushroom Sauce:
- 4 tablespoon butter
- 3 cups wild mushrooms, sliced (shiitakes, oysters, and chantrelles)
- 3 tablespoon shallots
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup cream
- Salt and pepper
Crab Cakes:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons each diced red pepper, onion & celery
- 2 teaspoons Creole spice
- 1 cup crabmeat, picked over for shells and cartilage
- 1 egg
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons oil, for sauteing
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, for garnish
Poached Eggs:
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
Directions
Mushroom sauce: In a medium saucepan heat 2 tablespoons of butter. Add mushrooms and shallots and saute for 3 minutes. Add garlic and wine. Boil until reduced by half. Add cream and * cup water, bring to a boil and reduce for 3 minutes. Using an immersion blender, add remaining butter and pulse 5 times. Sauce should not be smooth. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside in a warm place.
Crab cakes: Preheat oven to 3750F. Heat butter in a small saute pan. When it begins to foam, add diced vegetables, season with 1 teaspoon Creole spice and cook for 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl. Add crabmeat and egg. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Season flour with remaining spice. Roll each cake in flour, shaking off excess. Heat oil in a saute pan. When it ripples, add crab cakes and cook until golden on bottom side. Flip and transfer pan to oven to finish cooking while you poach eggs.
Poached eggs: Add vinegar and salt to a large pot of boiling water. Reduce heat to simmering, and begin stirring water clockwise. Crack eggs, one at a time, into water. They will take instant form. Cook for 3 minutes. Remove carefully with a slotted spoon. Pat dry with paper towels.
To assemble: Remove crab cakes from oven and place two on each dinner plate. Top each cake with an egg. Spoon a generous portion of mushroom sauce over and garnish with parsley


















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By Mary.Stenmark@M...
on November 18, 2011
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My husband made these for our two boys and I last night and they were delicious! Probably the best crab cakes I have ever had, and I've had a lot!
By southerngirl_52...
Algona, IA
on July 03, 2011
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My husband made this for Christmas breakfast and they were a hit with everyone including our kids. We had a similar version at a restaurant with a white sauce but the wild mushroom sauce just made this a fantastic meal! We have to use canned lump crab meat because fresh is not readily available here in our area but it worked well. Look forward to these again very soon.
By jlknox02_4407929
Baytown, TX
on December 04, 2005
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The recipe turned out great, after I found that I had it in a different Emeril cookbook. The recipe on this website was missing what I think were pretty key ingredients for the crab cakes. The web version did not have any breadcrumbs listed. I was having a hard time getting my crab mixture to form a cake until I happened to locate the recipe in his cookbook. There are several other differences, but I do not think they would have made much of a difference. The mushroom sauce is incredible. btw, you need 1/2 cup italian breadcrumbs.
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