Recipe for Crab Cakes with Coriander Cream and Salsa Cruda 
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Yield:
6 servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
425 gm Crab meat, brown and white mixed (2 or 3 crabs should yield this or just use white meat if you prefer)
115 gm Soft white breadcrumbs
2 tsp White wine vinegar, up to 3
2 tbl Ripe tomato chutney
25 gm Softened butter
1 tsp Dry English mustard powder or 1 rounded tsp French mustard
2 tbl Coriander, freshly chopped
A dash of Tabasco or a good pinch of cayenne pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
175 ml Bechamel sauce
Olive oil
----------------- COATING ----------------
Seasoned flour
1 x Egg white, beaten
White breadcrumbs
----------------- SALSA CRUDA ----------------
2 x Ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 tbl Chopped onion
1 x Clove garlic, crushed
1/2 x Chilli, finely chopped, up to 1
1 tbl Freshly chopped coriander, up to 2
Freshly squeezed lime juice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sugar
----------------- CORIANDER CREAM ----------------
3 tbl Coriander, freshly chopped
175 ml Whipped cream
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp Freshly squeezed lemon juice
----------------- GARNISH ----------------
Instructions:
Instructions: Mix all the ingredients for the crab cakes, except the olive oil, in a bowl. Taste carefully and correct the seasoning - it should taste well seasoned and quite perky. Form the mixture into 10-12 cakes. Coat first with seasoned flour, then egg and finally breadcrumbs. Put on to a baking tray lined with silicone paper. chill until firm,

Meanwhile make the coriander cream. Fold the chopped coriander into the whipped cream, add salt, freshly ground pepper and sugar and the lemon juice. Taste and add a little more seasoning if necessary.

To serve: heat good quality oil in a deep fryer or in a frying pan.

Cook till the crab cakes are crisp and golden. Drain on kitchen paper and serve immediately on hot plates with a dollop of coriander cream and some salsa cruda on the side.

Salsa cruda: Mix all the ingredients together. Season with salt, pepper and sugar.

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