Baltimore Crab Fluffs Recipes

Steps:

• Finely crush the saltine crackers in your hands and place in a large bowl. Add the crabmeat, reserving any crab juice in a separate small bowl.
• To the bowl with the crab juice, add the mayonnaise egg, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce; whisk until smooth. Season with black pepper.
• Gently fold the mayonnaise mixture into the crab and saltines. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Scoop the crab mixture into six patties, about 1 1/2-inches thick. Be careful not to handle the mixture too much.
• In a large skillet, heat the oil over moderately high heat until shimmering. Add the crab cakes and cook until deeply golden and heated through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the crab cakes to plates and serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Combine crab meat, panko, scallions, and zest in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, stir together mayonnaise, lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and cayenne pepper.
• Gently fold mayonnaise mixture into crab mixture until the two are thoroughly combined; try to avoid breaking up the crab meat.
• Stir together the egg yolks, milk, beer, and 1 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning for the batter in a large bowl.
• Sift in flour and baking powder; stir mixture with a fork until batter is just combined. (Some lumps are OK.).
• Heat 1 inch of vegetable oil in a medium-sized pot over medium-high heat to 360º degrees.
• Form crab mixture into balls the size of large gum balls (about one rounded tablespoons each).
• Working in batches,coat crab balls with batter, then use slotted spoon to carefully lay them into hot oil.
• Turn fluffs frequently until they're evenly browned, about 2 minutes.
• Remove fluffs to a paper-towel-lined tray.
• Serve fluffs immediately, or keep them warm in a 200º degree oven for up to 30 minutes.