Changes, hints tips and thoughts:

- these cakes were really quite good -- even the next day, mashed up and put into a sandwich...yum.

- these could also be made with other types of fish -- lobster, tuna, haddock, probably just about anything.

 

 

Crab Mango and Avacado Cakes with Spicy Avacado Sauce

Ingredients:
3/4 lb. crab meat
1 1/2 cups crushed soda crackers
1 large egg
1 large egg white
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon tobasco
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1/2 mango, diced
1/2 avacado, diced
salt and pepper to taste
oil and butter for frying

Spicy Avacado Sauce
1/2 avacado, diced
1/2 mango, diced
1/2 shallot, diced
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon tobasco
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:
1. In a bowl, mix together cracker crumbs, egg, mayonnaise, tobasco and worcestershire.
2. Add crab and mix well, leaving some chunks of crab and crackers. Add mango and avacado and stir to combine.
3. Form into eight cakes and refridgerate while you make the sauce: Mix the avacado and mango in with the mayonnaise, tobasco, shallot and lots of freshly cracked black pepper.
4. Heat the oil and butter in a pan and fry the crab cakes on medium heat until browned. Remove to oven to keep warm and repeat with more cakes.
5. Serve with spicy avacado sauce.

We had these with a mixed greens salad with peppercorn brie and toasted homemade bread brushed with spicy olive oil.