Name: Groucho Club crab cakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4 as a starter
Cuisine: Thai
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

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Groucho Club crab cakes

Groucho Club crab cakes

Barney Desmazery

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4 as a starter

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 8 mins

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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

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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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

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal335
fat24g
saturates2g
carbs15g
sugars3g
fibre2g
protein13g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

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.
step 2

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.
step 3

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.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2017

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