Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Crab cakes with marinated mushroom salad


5 portions

Marinated Mushrooms.

Take any mushroom you can find, about 250 grams, wash them and cut them in small pieces.

100 ml water

100 ml vinegar

Some sugar, salt and pepper

Add some spices like juniper berries, coriander seeds, bay leaves, pepper corns and some cloves of garlic.

Boil this and add the mushrooms, then slowly simmer for 5 minutes

(if it is to vinegary add some more sugar).

Cool down and put in the fridge for eat least 2 day’s.

Or for long term storage put the mixture in pickle jars

For the Crab cakes,

Take about 500 gram crab meat and pick all the bones out.

Mix with chopped fresh dill and parsley (or any herb you like)

1 large spoon of mayonnaise

1 or 2 hands of breadcrumbs

Season it with salt and pepper and put in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Shape the crab into patties and pan fry them till golden brown.

Heat them trough in the oven for about 5 minutes.

Mix some salad with the pickled mushrooms and serve.

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