Empire’s Treasure® Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Empire’s Treasure® Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
Directions
- In a bowl add crabmeat, corn, juice, and zest of one lemon, horseradish, mayonnaise, parsley, Cajun seasoning, and breadcrumbs. Fold together.
- Form into four-ounce cakes then refrigerate for at least an hour to setup. You may need to add a little more breadcrumbs to bind the cakes.
- In a blender add green onion, rice wine vinegar, egg yolk, quarter teaspoon of salt and eight of a teaspoon of black pepper. Pulse to combine.
- With the blender on medium slowly drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil to form a bright green coulis. Transfer coulis to streaker bottle under refrigeration for service.
- Rub olive oil on sliced apples. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and fresh sage.
- Place on medium heat area of grill and cook for 1-2 minutes per side.
- Remove the skin from the apples after they cool and small dice.
- Place cooled diced apples in bowl with tomatoes, serrano chili, cucumber, red onion, eight of a teaspoon of salt and black pepper, apple cider vinegar, cilantro, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil, and honey. Fold to combine and refrigerate for one hour for flavors to combine.
- Warm butter flavored oil in sauté pan or on griddle over medium high heat. Cook crabcakes for 1-2 minutes per side to caramelize.
- Toss arcadian mix with balsamic vinaigrette. Place in two spots on rectangular entrée plate.
- Top each set of greens with crabcake followed by a streak of green onion coulis then crown each cake with the grilled apple salsa and serve.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Empire's Treasure® Jumbo Lump crabmeat
- 1 tbsp Peak Fresh Produce Parsley, minced
- 1 ea. corn, kernels, fresh, removed from cob
- 1/2 tsp West Creek® Sauce, Horseradish
- 1 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Lemon(s), zest and juice
- 1/4 cup West Creek® Mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp. Magellan® Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 cup Roma® Italian breadcrumbs
- 8 oz. Brilliance Butter Flavored Oil
- 1 bunch ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Onion(s), Green, chopped
- 1 ea. Nature's Best Dairy® Egg(s), yolk only
- 1 1/2 tbsp Asian Pride® Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups Roma® extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp Roma® Black Pepper, Ground
- 4 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Apple(s), Red Delicious, cored and wheel cut skin on into 1/4 in. slices
- 2 tbsp Roma® Oil, Olive
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp Roma® Black Pepper, Ground
- 1/2 tbsp Peak Fresh Produce® Sage, minced
- 2 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® 5x6 tomato, seeded and small dice
- 1 tsp Peak Fresh Produce® Cilantro, minced
- 2 ea. pepper(s), serrano, roasted, seeded, peeled and diced
- 1 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Cucumber(s), peeled, seeded, small dice
- 1 1/2 tbsp West Creek® Honey
- 1 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Lemon(s), juice and zest
- 1 tbsp vinegar, apple cider
- 1/4 cup Piancone® Extra Virgin Olive Oil Unfiltered
- 1 ea. Peak Fresh Produce® Onion(s), Red, small dice
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 1/8 tsp Roma® Black Pepper, Ground
- 4 cups Peak Fresh Produce® Lettuce, Arcadian
- 3 oz. Village Gardens® Tuscany balsamic vinaigrette
Chef Lonnie Varisco - Corporate Executive Chef, Performance Foodservice.