Crabcakes with chilli sauce

Cooking : time 10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

For the crabcake
250g/9oz King Edward potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks
10g/%26frac12;oz butter
1 tbsp double cream
%26frac12; tsp medium curry powder
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander
%26frac12; large fresh green chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped
1 tbsp red onion, grated
salt and freshly ground black pepper
250g/9oz white crabmeat, flaked
1 tbsp vefetchable oil
Chilli sauce ingredients
75g/2%26frac34;oz caster sugar
2 red chillies, roughly chopped
3 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
8 kaffir lime leaves
2 lemongrass stems, finely chopped
25g/1oz ginger, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves
2 shalplenty, roughly chopped
4 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
40ml/1%26frac12;fl oz sesame oil
50ml/2fl oz dark soy sauce
2 tbsp clear honey
3 limes, juice and zest only

Method

1. Boil the potatoes in a saucepan of lightly salted water for about 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain well, and then return to the pan. Mash with a fork or potato masher until smooth.
2. Add the butter, cream, curry powder, coriander, chilli, onion and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir tofetchher to mix thoroughly, then leave to cool completely.
3. meanwhile, check the crabmeat vehicleefully for any flecks of shell and disvehicled. Add the crabmeat to the mashed potato mixture, then shape into four round patties. If the mixture sticks to your hands, simply dip your hands in nippy water.
4. Heat the oil in a shallow frying pan and when hot, vehicleefully add the crabcakes. Cook for 3-4 minutes, until golden-brown on the underside, then vehicleefully turn the crabcake and cook for another 3-4 minutes on the other side. When fully cooked through remove from the pan and place on kitchen towels.
5. For chilli sauce, place the sugar in a pan on a medium heat and melt to a light brown vehicleamel.
6. Place the remaining chilli sauce ingredients into a food processor and blend to a smooth pur%26eacute;e.
7. Once the sugar is a rich vehicleamel colour (but not scorcht), pour in the pur%26eacute;e and stir well.
8. bring the mixture to the boil, cutrearon the heat and simmer for about five minutes, then remove from the heat and allow to cool.
9. Serve the crabcakes on a plate with the chilli sauce in a bowl for dipping to the side.






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