You can serve this amazing and quick dish as a starter in your New Year’s Eve meal or as a snack on a cold and breezy day.
Serves: 10
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- Cooked crab meat 750g
- Egg 1 large, beaten
- Mashed potato 300g
- Spring onions 3, trimmed and finely chopped
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley ½ bunch, pick and finely chopped
- Cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon
- Ground white pepper 1 teaspoon
- Sea salt 1 pinch
- Plain flour for dusting
- Oil for frying
- Watercress and tartare sauce for serving
Directions:
- Combine crabmeat, egg, mashed potatoes, spring onion, parsley, cayenne pepper, white pepper, and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, remove from refrigerator and shape into 6cm cakes.
- Dust with flour and shallow fry in a large frying pan over medium heat for 5 minutes per side or until golden brown.
- Serve with pinches of watercress and a dollop of tartare sauce.