maryland style jumbo lump crab cakes

How To Make maryland style jumbo lump crab cakes

• 1

  Heat olive oil in sauce pan and add spinach. Cook until wilted and remove from heat. The olive oil will prevent the spinach from sticking together when you add it to your mixture.
• 2

  Next, in a medium size mixing bowl, whip the egg and add the mayonnaise, melted butter, parsley, oregano, worcestershire, cayenne, salt and pepper. Mix it well.
• 3

  Add the mozzarella, and spinach last mixing it well. If the mixture is too watery then add more mozzarella until it feels right.
• 4

  Add lump crab meat folding it carefully trying not to break the lumps apart. Cover and place in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• 5

  Preheat broiler to medium or high. Remove mixture from the refrigerator. Shape crab cakes into 4oz or 8oz cakes. Coat glass baking dish or stainless steel baking pan, with a hardened stick of butter then olive oil. Place crab cakes in dish or pan. Melt another stick of butter and drizzle or brush on top of crab cakes.
• 6

  Broil crab cakes for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. While broiling if your oven allows it, leave the oven door cracked open to the first notch.
• 7

  It pairs nicely with a sweet white wine with red skin mash potatoes and asparagus.
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