GROUCHO CLUB CRAB CAKES

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Barney Desmazery takes these simple crab cakes, seasoned with Thai spices and served with sweet chilli sauce, from the Soho club and into your dinner-party repertoire - best of all, they won't take long in the kitchen

Provided by Barney Desmazery

Categories Starter

Time 23m

Yield 4 as a starter

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

200g mixed crabmeat
100g fresh breadcrumbs , plus extra if needed
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp Thai red curry paste
small pack coriander , roughly chopped, plus a few leaves to serve
1 lime , zested, 1/2 juiced
bunch spring onions , half sliced, half shredded
3 tbsp sunflower oil
1 carrot , finely shredded, to serve
sweet chilli sauce , to serve

Steps:

To make the crab cakes, tip the crabmeat, breadcrumbs, mayonnaise, curry paste, coriander, lime zest, juice and sliced spring onions into a bowl. Mix together until well combined - the mixture should be spoonable and not sloppy - this will depend on the ratio of brown crabmeat you use. If it's too wet, add some more breadcrumbs to make it the right consistency.
Heat the oil in a frying pan. Divide the mixture into 4, shape into patties, then fry for 3 mins on each side until golden and crisp. If you are serving these as a canapé (which we did at the Groucho Club), you can simply fry tablespoons of the mixture to make mini cakes.
Scatter some carrot, the shredded spring onion and coriander leaves over the plate and serve the crab cakes on top with a pot of sweet chilli sauce on the side.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 335 calories, Fat 24 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 15 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 13 grams protein, Sodium 0.8 milligram of sodium