Lobster and Crab Cakes

  4.0 – 4 reviews  • Lobster
Level: Easy
Total: 1 hr
Prep: 50 min
Cook: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups freshly ground baguette bread crumbs
  2. 1 cup mixed brunoise green, red, and yellow peppers
  3. 1/2 cup diced shallots
  4. 3 whole eggs
  5. 1/2 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano
  6. 1/3 cup half-and-half
  7. Pinch saffron (10 threads)
  8. 1 teaspoon sea salt
  9. 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  10. 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  11. 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  12. 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
  13. 1/4 cup chopped scallions
  14. 1/2 gallon water
  15. 2 lemons, zested and juiced
  16. 2 bunches basil leaves
  17. Sea salt and ground black pepper
  18. 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
  19. 1 (11/4 pound) lobster
  20. Light olive oil, for sauteing

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl combine all bread crumb mixture ingredients.
  2. Poach lobster in water with lemon, basil and sea salt. (Rule of thumb is 5 minutes per pound.) Remove lobster from water and chill in ice water. Remove meat and shell and dice meat. Lightly pick through crabmeat.
  3. Add crab and lobster to mixture and gently fold mixture until combines. Lightly press mixture down in bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  4. Form the crab cakes in to 3-ounce portions about a silver dollar wide and 1 1/2 inches tall.
  5. To a large saute pan, add enough light olive oil to fill about 1/2 inch high. Bring to 350 degrees F and add crab cakes. Cook until golden brown on both sides.

Reviews

Shelley Bryant
Where is the sauce recipe?
Other than this being left out it would be 4-5 stars.
Erik Cannon
I made this for my husband and there was so many crab cakes I sent some to work with him AND took some to work with me. They were a hit with my coworkers as well. Not a HUGE fan of super spicy food so I cut the red pepper back a LOT so as to be able to enjoy the flavor of the crab and lobster. OUTSTANDING and I highly recommend this recipe.
Eric Thomas
who said food network ain’t the only
channel on t.v.
get that other stuff outta here!
and gimmie a smell with that
sausage!
oh yeah! and some everett harp
what’s going on!
and all that jazz radio!

 

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