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Crab Cakes - from Repast


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Cuisine: Main Dish Seafood

Dinner Dare with Joe Truex and Mihoko Obunai of Repast

It was a romance that blossomed in the kitchen -- and is still cooking. Chefs Joe Truex and Mihoko Obunai, owners of Repast in Midtown, first met on the line of a catering kitchen in New York. They married, moved to Atlanta and on Feb. 14, 2006, they opened their own restaurant.
For a Valentine’s meal, the couple picked two of their favorite dishes and paired them with a simple spinach salad. Both Obunai’s tuna and Truex’s traditional crab cake will be on the restaurant’s menu on Valentine’s Day. But first, they took a few moments to share a romantic meal you can prepare at home in about 30 minutes. See links below for the other dishes.

-- H.M. Cauley, for the Journal-Constitution

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Hands on time: 15 minutes  Total time: 1 hour and 30 minutes  Serves: 4

Ingredients:

    1 pound crab meat
    3/4 pound shrimp, shelled, deveined
    1 egg
    3/4 cup heavy cream
    4 tablespoons fish sauce
    Freshly ground pepper
    1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
    Zest of 2 lemons
    1/2 cup corn meal
    Oil

Instructions:

Place crab and shrimp in food processor with egg, cream and pepper and puree until smooth. Remove to a large mixing bowl. Gently fold in mustard, Worcestershire sauce and lemon zest until combined.
Shape mixture into 8-10 cakes, place on plastic wrap and lightly coat each side with corn meal. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Using a skillet, heat 2 to 3 tablespoons oil and sauté crab cakes until golden grown (3 to 4 minutes on each side). Remove to platter.

Notes:

Fresh lump crab is best, but it’s expensive and highly perishable. A can of pasteurized crab meat is a good substitute.
Uncooked crab cakes freeze well; just thaw before cooking.

Total time includes 1 hour of chilling time.

Nutrition:

Per serving: 599 calories (percent of calories from fat, 56), 45 grams protein, 20 grams carbohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 37 grams fat (13 grams saturated), 347 milligrams cholesterol, 598 milligrams sodium.

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