Crab Beignets with Cocktail Sauce

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Reach My Kitchen

Servings:
24
Prep time:
00:10
Cook time:
00:30
1 Rating
5
This take on beignets uses lump crabmeat and egg whites to make a batter which is then fried to golden perfection. They make a great canape, snack or starter!

Ingredients

  • For the Beignets:
  • 1 tub blueswimmer lump crab meat
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 200g good quality mayonnaise
  • 50g grain mustard
  • 2 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • 1 lemon, half juice & other half reserved for garnish
  • 80g panko breadcrumbs
  • 2 litres sunflower oil
  • Sea Salt
  • For the Cocktail Sauce:
  • 50g tomato ketchup
  • 50g good quality mayonnaise
  • Few drops of Tabasco
  • Juice ½ a lemon

Instructions

  1. Whisk the egg whites until they are light and fluffy and hold a soft peak. Stir in the mayonnaise and mustard.
  2. Place the crab into a separate bowl and use your hands to quickly pick through to check there is no shell present. Mix in the remaining ingredients followed by the egg white mix; the mixture will be quite loose. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour to firm up.
  3. Meanwhile mix together the ingredients for the cocktail sauce.
  4. In a Heavy bottom pan or deep fat fryer, heat the oil to 180°C; prepare a tray lined with kitchen paper. Use your hands to form balls of 1-2 tbsp of the crab mixture then fry for around 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oil and drain on the kitchen paper, sprinkle with a little sea salt before serving with the cocktail sauce.