Garlic-Good Crab "Cakes"

Recipe courtesy Leona Pearce, Carmichael, CA

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Total Time:
52 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
27 min
Yield:
6 servings as a luncheon dish or makes 24 appetizers
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 18 sheets phyllo dough, thawed (note thawing time on package directions)
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 6 large cloves garlic
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese at room temperature
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 package (4 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
  • 1 can (6 ounces) crabmeat, drained or substitute fresh
  • 2 cups soft bread crumbs, divided
  • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Paprika, for garnish

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Take 3 sheets of phyllo at a time, butter and roll up, jelly-roll style. Cut into fourths. Press, cut side down, into muffin pan cups. Press with fingers to flatten and work slightly up the sides of cup. Brush cups with melted butter. Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets, for a total of 24 cups.

To prepare filling, place garlic, with tough bottoms cut off, in a plastic bag. Pound with the side of a meat cleaver. Remove skins and place crushed garlic in a deep microwave safe bowl. Add lemon juice and water. Cover and microwave for 2 minutes.

Add cream cheese to garlic and cream together. Add beaten eggs, feta, crab, and 1 cup of the bread crumbs and mix well. Add cayenne pepper and mix again. Spoon mixture into each phyllo cup, distributing evenly, about 1 tablespoon of mixture per phyllo cup. Sprinkle remaining bread crumbs over the crab mixture (about 1 teaspoon per phyllo cup) and lightly dust the top of each with paprika.

Bake for 25 minutes. Carefully remove each phyllo cup/crab "cake" onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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  • on August 09, 2007

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    The "crab cakes" did not taste like crab at all, just cheesey with bread crumbs. Would not recommend if you want real crab cakes. The feta is too strong and overpowers the taste.

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  • on January 07, 2007

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    but I thought they needed something.....

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  • on January 06, 2006

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    I let the filling set for a few hours for the spices to release their flavor. I had my doubts when I mixed it up, but all my doubts disappeared when they disappeared. If you like crab, double the recipe and call it the main course. (Don't count the calories.

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