Ingredients

1# backfin otjumbo lump crab m€at

4 saltin€ crackers. crumbled

1 T, fresh minced parsley

1/2t . Worcest€rchires auce

2-3 shakes of Tabasco sauce

1 egg, beaten

I cup mayonnaisod, ividod

112t Old Bay seasoning

1/2 t. salt

t/8 t. cracked pepper

paprika

fresh par3ley sprigs

1 lemon, $liced for garnish

Preparation

Put the crab meat in a mixing bowl and gently pick through crab to romovo all pi€cas of lholl. Do not break apart ths lumps of crab. In a glass msaauring containor, combine the mayonaise and the ogg. llir thom togother thoroughly. Add the Worc€tershire and the Tabasco sauce.. Itix thi6 together thoroughly with the egg and mayonaiae. Placo tho crackers in a “Ziploc” bag, close it and hit the crackers with the handle part of a knife until they are lino particles. Add thb to the crab moat. Then add ths other dry ingr€di€nts, parsley, Old Bay soasoning, salt and peppor, Add about 3/4’s of the mayonaiso mixturo. Gontly fold all of thb togothor. DO NOT OVERMIXI Formt his mixture into five cakes.D O NOTF LATTENT HEC RAB CAKES BUT RATHER MAKE THElll INTO BALLS and place on a foiF covered cookie eheet. Sproad an 6qual portion of the reaeryod mayonnabe on the crab cakes. Sprinkle with papriks. Place the cookie sheet in the rofrigerator for about a 1/2 hour or so to allow the crab cakes to sot up. Bake in a prehoated 35odogroo oven for 20 minutos or until golden brown. DO NOTO VERBAKEG! amishw ith parsleya nd lemon. Serves 46.