Robert Duvall’s Mother’s Crab Cakes Recipe
(courtesy Cd Kitchen.com)
The Crab Cake Guy had to search long and hard to find this recipe. Courtesy of Robert Duvall’s mother these crab cakes are world famous and the taste is worth a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
Ingredients
1 pound crab meat, jumbo, lump or back-fin
2 heaping tablespoons mayonnaise
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 small onion, grated
1/2 tablespoon mustard powder
18 Ritz crackers, crumbled
Directions
- Combine all ingredients except the crackers. Add crackers crumbs in as close to sautéing as possible so that they crab cakes don’t get too moist from the other ingredients. Form into patties the size of hamburger patties.
- Sauté in frying pan over medium-to-high heat in butter, 10 minutes per side. Make sure that it’s crispy outside but moist and juicy inside.
- A simple tartar sauce to accompany the crab cakes can be made by mixing mayonnaise, grated onion and lemon juice.
This recipe for Robert Duvall’s Mother’s Crab Cakes serves/makes 6
Additional Resources:
I Love Crab Cakes! 50 Recipes for an American Classic by Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance
The Crab Cake Guy’s Recipes
The Crab Lover’s Book: Recipes & More by Mary Ethelyn Orso
Crab Cake Guy’s recommended reading
The Marshall Field’s Cookbook
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1 Star Sightings » Blog Archive » Robert Duvall’s Mother’s Crab Cakes Recipe // Sep 18, 2007 at 3:04 am
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2 mike simmons // Apr 19, 2009 at 9:19 pm
on robert duvalls mothers crab cakes .
i do not understand the part in step one about : add cracker crumbs in as close to sauteing as possible.
thanks
mike
3 George // May 2, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Have used this recipe for years-found it on Oprah’s site. Best crabcakes I ever had!
4 Cathy // May 8, 2009 at 3:45 pm
To: Mike Simmons
It means wait until the last minute before frying.
From: Cathy in Dyersburg, Tn.
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