Al's Saucy Dungeness Crab and Tiger Prawn Cakes (prOn heavy)
 

I've been wanting to do something with all the Dungeness crab I had left over from the holidays. It went on sale for $2.99 per pound :shock: and so we bought ten crabs, cleaned and shelled them, then vacu-sucked the meat and froze it for later. I also had some 13-15 count Tiger prawns waiting for a good reason to eat.

I haven't had GOOD crab cakes for a while, so I figured I'd give them a shot at home. I searched the internet(s) :heh: until I finally found a recipe I thought sounded like something the family would like. It turned out to be a bonus that it included prawns too. :becky:

With that being said, I present to you Al's Sun-Dried Tomato Remoulade (Saucy) Dungeness Crab and Tiger Prawn Cakes.

The players for the binding sauce.
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The players for the Sun-Dried Tomato Remoulade.
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The two supporting cast members for the sauce.
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1.5 lbs
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.75 lbs
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Binding sauce ingredients before going for a ride in the food processor.
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One minute later.
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I divided the mixture above in half, then added 1/4 cup of cocktail sauce, 1/4 cup of sun-dried tomatos, hot sauce, Old Bay and a good dose of crab boil. Processed the mixture for about a minute and here's the sauce, :doh: I mean remoulade.
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I put the finished sauce/remoulade in the fridge and got to work on the crab/shrimp cakes. I didn't get a shot of it, but I pretty much chopped up the shrimp into a puree, and combined it with the shelled crab. I took that combo and folded it into the left over binding sauce and added 3/4 cup of panko bread crumbs. From there I formed it into eight patties.
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The red, yellow and green flecks you see in the patties are very small chunks of sweet pepper I diced and added for a little more flavor, crunch and color.
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Once the patties set up for a while in the fridge, I dredged them in flour and eggs and coated them with panko bread crumbs.
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Browned them for a couple minutes per side in EVOO.
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Crispy brown on the outside.
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Fired up the Traeger.
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Once I got it stoked up to about 400, on they went. After about ten minutes they were pretty much done. The Thermopen read about 180 and they were sizzling nicely. :becky:
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Plated and ready to go with a light green salad and basic vinaigrette.
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As you can see, I didn't soak the crab/shrimp cake in the remoulade (sauce :heh:), but did end up using quite a bit of it after I took this shot.
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This was easily one of the BEST crab cakes I have ever had, and my wife and daughter felt the same. In fact my daughter was a little bent that I only cooked four of the eight cakes I prepared. :tsk: There was a whole lot more crab/shrimp than bread crumb and the flavors really stood out. The sauce had a very subtle sweetness from the sun-dried tomato, plus it had a nice kick from the cocktail and hot sauce. The good news is we have four more to eat tomorrow. :clap2:

Thanks for looking!
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Gorgeous stuff, yum!

Holy shrimp! Nice pr4wn!! :pound:

Awesome:thumb:

You're playing my song, Al! That looks so good, I'm going slightly out of my mind over here! Delicious!! :thumb:

My kinda cookies!
Nice cooking Al!

Fantastic looking feast! :thumb: :hungry:

Woo doggies! That is righteous:clap2:

Reeeaaaaal nice Al! :clap:

That looks fantastik!!!

That looks delicious.

That looks awesome! A nice cold Blue Moon with that....mmmmm

Those cakes look tasty for sure!

Great looking crabcakes, Al ... errr shrabcakes, ... I like the idea of mixing in the shrimp. Bet it gave them a really nice texture.

Great Looking Plate!! you could fling one of those discs or flavor my way if you get full:becky:

So there are 3 of y'all and 4 cakes....what time you cooking those tomorrow? :hungry:

Absolutely beautiful - I love crab cakes and those are over the farkin top! :clap2:

What kind of smoke did you hit those with?

As my daughter would say "That's Yum Yum"

I wasn't sure how it would work out with the shrimp puree, but they did give them a unique/good texture.

By the time it gets up to 400, there isn't a whole ton of smoke rolling off but the pellets I used were maple. Just a hint of smoke flavor, but they sure were juicy inside and crispy outside.

Aw hell yeah!:hungry:

Out-of-freakin-control! Looks damn good!

Yummmmmmm

We'll probably eat around 6:30 but you're gonna have to arm wrestle my daughter for the extra one... :heh:

Outstanding! Great cakes, and I love the remoulade! :thumb::thumb:

I knew I shouldn't have opened your post... lol
My eyes glazed over!! Looks soooooo good, thanks for the post and if you ever consider adoption, I'm available! :becky:

That crab cake looks incredible. It always amazes me when I order a crab cake only to get bread crumbs with a little crab flavoring. You sir have it going on!

I'm glad your eyes didn't glaze over due to the length of the post... I need to learn how to condense them down. I'll keep the adoption thing in mind as long as the offer goes both ways. :becky:

I know what you mean brother... It's highway robbery. :shock:

Al,

Way to represent WA!! Those are awesome!! :thumb:

One word: DUDE!!!!!

"It's easy to grin, When your ship comes in, And you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, Is the man who can smile, When he's got Czervik's awesome crab cakes to eat."

Outstanding, Al! :clap2:

Very nice!

You need to combine all of the great seafood you get up in the NW and do a paella but with a Maine Lobster not the Pacific!

looks tasty!

:pound:

Classic one Judge Smails...

wow is all i can say!!!!!!!!!

Dude, awesome prawn pron. Love me some good crab cakes! Very nice! :thumb:

Oh my, that is good looking grub

i saw this when it was first posted and was amazed but looking at it again today it still amazes me how good that looks. i mght have to make that plated pic my background on my laptop. excuse me while i wipe away the drool from my keyboard