Blue Corn Tortilla Crusted Crab Cake In Spicy Carrot Mango Broth And Mango Green Onion Relish Recipes

WHOLE BLUE CRABS NEW ORLEANS-STYLE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add bouquet garni, crab boil, lemons, halved garlic, corn, and sausage. Add blue crabs and cover. Cook for 10 minutes or until crab is cooked through.
• In a small saute pan over medium heat, melt butter with the 3 peeled garlic cloves. Simmer the butter for 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and discard the garlic cloves.
• Remove the crabs, corn, and sausage from the crab boil and serve on newspaper, with butter sauce over top.

BLUE CORN TORTILLA CRUSTED CRAB CAKE IN SPICY CARROT-MANGO BROTH AND MANGO-GREEN ONION RELISH

Steps:

• Carrot Mango Broth: Place all ingredients in a medium saucepan and boil over high heat until reduced by 1/2. Strain and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Crab cake: In a skillet over low to medium heat, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and saute the onion and jalapenos until translucent. Remove from the heat and set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine the crab, onion mixture, horseradish, mustard, creme fraiche, egg and salt and pepper, to taste. Refrigerate, covered for 1 hour or up to 1 day. Form the chilled crab mixture into 12 (2-inch) patties 1/2-inch thick and dredge in the corn chips. Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and fry the cakes for about 3 minutes on each side, or until crusty and lightly browned. Ladle some of the carrot-mango broth into medium shallow bowls. Place 2 crab cakes in the bowl and garnish with green onion and serve with mango relish.
• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper.

CORN AND CRAB CAKES

Steps:

• Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
• Beat 1 egg, and add corn, crab meat, mayonnaise and Dijon mustard.
• Stir in enough bread crumbs to bind.
• Shape into cakes, dredge in flour, and brown in pan on both sides, about 8 minutes total.
• Garnish with lemon wedges.