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                         South Street Crab Cakes

Recipe By     : South Street Restaurant, Charlottesville Va.
Serving Size  : 3    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Fish Crab                        Appetizers, Spreads And
                Pate's

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  cup           onion finely chopped
     1/2  cup           celery finely chopped
     3/4  stick         unsalted butter (6 Tablespoons)
   1      lb            jumbo lump crab meat picked over
     1/3  cup           fine dry bread crumbs
     1/2  cup           mayonnaise
     1/2  tsp           Old Bay seasoning
     1/2  tsp           Worcestershire sauce
                        Tabasco sauce (few drops)
   2      Tbsps         fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves minced
                        salt and pepper to taste

                        ACCOMPANIMENTS
                        lemon wedges

     In a skillet cook onion and celery in 4 tablespoons butter over
moderately low heat, stirring, until tender and transfer to a bowl.  Stir
in crab and bread crumbs.  In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise, Old
Bay seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, parsley and salt and pepper
to taste and stir into crab mixture until combined well.
     Line a baking sheet with wax paper.  Form crab mixture into 6
flattened rounds, each about 3 inches wide and 3/4 inch thick, and
transfer to baking sheet.  Chill crab cakes, covered with plastic wrap,
at least 1 hour and up to 4.
     In a heavy skillet heat 1 tablespoon butter over moderate heat until
foam subsides and cook half of crab cakes until golden brown, about 2 to
3 minutes on each side.  Cook remaining crab cakes in remaining
tablespoon butter in same manner.
     Serve crab cakes warm with lemon wedges.  Makes 6 crab cakes,
serving 3 as a main course or 6 as a first course.



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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 263 Calories; 31g Fat (99% calories
from fat); 0g Protein; 0g Carbohydrate; 13mg Cholesterol; 217mg Sodium

NOTES : Gourmet Magazine 6/97-You Asked For It.