Classic New England Crab Cakes

Ingredients

• •½ cup onion
• •½ cup celery
• •6 tablespoons butter
• •1 pound lump crab meat
• •⅓ cup bread crumbs
• •½ cup mayonnaise
• •½ teaspoon seafood seasoning
• •½ teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• •3 drops hot sauce
• •2 tablespoons parsley

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Cook onion and celery in 4 tablespoons butter over moderately low heat, until tender and transfer to a bowl. Stir in crab and bread crumbs.
2. 2In a small bowl whisk together mayonnaise, seafood seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste and stir into crab mixture until combined well.
3. 3Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Form crab mixture into 6 flattened rounds. Chill crab cakes, covered with plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.
4. 4Heat 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 cakes in remaining tablespoon butter in same manner.