Recipe for Basils Crab Cakes, Louisiana-Style 
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Yield:
8 Servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
8 oz Blue crab meat, shredded
8 oz Snow crab meat, shredded
8 oz Shrimp, peeled, deveined and coarsely chopped
1/4 cup Green bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup Red bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup Scallions, diced
1/4 cup Dijon mustard
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbl Cajun spice (not too salty)
1/2 cup Basils Garlic Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Coarse bread crumbs, plus
1/4 cup Or dusting cakes
Oil for sauteing
Basils Champagne Sauce
Green olives (garnish)
Instructions:
Instructions: 1. Combine crab meat and shrimp in a bowl. Add peppers and scallions; mix with a wooden spoon. Add mustard, salt, pepper, Cajun spice and garlic mayonnaise; stir. Stir in 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs, mixing until thoroughly blended.

2. Shape mixture into 8 patties, each about 3 inches wide and 3/4 inch thick. Sprinkle both sides with remaining 1/4 cup bread crumbs.

3. Heat oil in a skillet until very hot. Add crab cakes and saute on both sides until browned, about 5 minutes per side.

4. Bake crab cakes in a preheated 400-degree oven until crisp, about 5 minutes.

5. Spoon 1/4 cup Champagne sauce on each of 8 serving plates. Place a crab cake on each plate. Garnish with green olives and chopped tomatoes, if desired.

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