The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade

Recipe courtesy Tyler Florence

Show: Tyler's UltimateEpisode: Crab Cakes

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (30)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
35 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
6 to 8 servings

Times:

Prep: 30 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

2 pounds russet potatoes, cut into 1-inch cubes
1 cup whole milk
2 garlic cloves, smashed
1/4 bunch fresh thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1 pound fresh jumbo lump crabmeat
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/2 bunch fresh chives, finely chopped
3 cups bread crumbs
5 tablespoons vegetable oil, for frying
Lemon slices, for garnish
Green salad, as accompaniment
Remoulade, recipe follows

Directions

Put potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. Add salt and bring to the boil, uncovered. Simmer for about 20 minutes until there is no resistance when a fork is inserted.

Drain the potatoes and make sure they are dry. Mash them in a large bowl until all there are no lumps.

While the potatoes are cooking, heat the milk, garlic, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns and 1 tablespoon of butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Do not let it boil. Using a sieve, strain the milk and herbs into the potatoes and mix thoroughly. Add the chopped chives and season with salt and pepper.

Check crabmeat for pieces of shell. Cover with cling-film and leave in the refrigerator until ready to use. Remove and fold carefully into the potatoes. Using your hands shape the mixture into medium sized patties, taking care to flatten out the centers and smooth out the top.

Roll them in bread crumbs and shake off excess.

Coat a large non-stick skillet with a 1/4-inch of oil and heat over a medium heat until it begins to smoke slightly. Pan-fry the crab cakes until brown, about 5 minutes on each side, turning carefully with a spatula. Remove from pan and serve on a large flat dish with Remoulade.

Garnish with slices of lemon and serve with a green salad.

Remoulade:

2 cups mayonnaise

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

2 tablespoons cornichons or sour gherkins, minced

3 tablespoons capers, minced

1 garlic clove, minced

2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves

1 tablespoon chopped tarragon leaves

1 1/2 anchovies, minced

Several dashes hot pepper sauce

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.

Yield: 6 servings

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recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
PATTY Cleveland, OH 09-12-2009
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great remoulade sauce
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

only used the remoulade sauce and loved it. Make it all the time with all kinds of fish and seafood pj
recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
cipriana philadelphia, CO 03-19-2009
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not what he did on his show of 3/19
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I watched the show in which he made this dish and it was very different from the recipe given here. For one thing, he used... sour cream in his remoulade and cilantro in the crabs. Read more
recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
Ed Mukwonago, WI 05-18-2008
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Fragile, with little flavor
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

These cakes when made to the size specified in the number of servings, are waaaayyyy to fragile to flip. I made some smaller... (about 1/2 the size) and these worked a bit better. Still pretty fragile. Taste was nothing special, especially with all of the work required and the putziness of the preparation.Read more
recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
Dana Bastrop, TX 04-28-2008
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What happened?
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I made the crab cakes as directed and as did other viewers, they completely fell apart in the pan. I wish I had read the... reviews before attempting to make these, I would have anticipated and hopefully altered the recipe to prevent the end result. Nevertheless, the remoulade was fantastic and next time I'll just use a different crab cake recipe to go with it!Read more
recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
Laura Severna Park, MD 04-27-2008
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uhh where's the old bay????
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

He really should have gone to Maryland.
recipe The Ultimate Crab Cakes with Remoulade
Anonymous 04-25-2008
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Very Good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

We loved these crab cakes. I took other reviewers advice and cut the potatoes and milk in half for the recipe and it worked... out great. I may cut it down even more next time. 2 pounds of mashed potatoes for 1 pound of crab seems like too much! (I want crab cakes not crab mashed potatoes.) I did not have a problem with the cakes falling apart during cooking. As for the remoulade, I used half light mayo and half fat free sour cream and it tasted great.Read more