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Main Ingredients
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1
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can
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crab meat (4.25 oz)
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1/2
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piece
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onion
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1/2
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piece
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celery
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2/3
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quart
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canola or vegetable oil
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1
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tablespoon
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butter
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1
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tablespoon
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white wine
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1
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piece
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egg
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1
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cup
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flour
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1
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cup
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bread crumbs
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some
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green peas
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White Sauce
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3
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tablespoons
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butter
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4
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tablespoons
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flour
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1 1/4
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cups
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milk
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pinch
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salt
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pinch
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pepper
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Cooling down Crab Cream
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Crab Cream needs to be cooled down so that it gets harden which makes it easier for you to form the cream in small pieces.
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Frying Crab Croquette
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Use a Spider Skimmer when the prepared crab cream pieces are brought into frying oil. Hold the skimmer in frying oil until the crab cream pieces get hard enough.
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White Sauce:
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In a medium saucepan. heat butter over medium-low until hot.
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Bring flour and mix it with a wooden spatula until the mixture gets running smooth. Be sure not to get it brown.
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Add cold milk to the mixture and mix well using a hand mixer or whisk.
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Bring salt and pepper. Mix regularly from the bottom to the top over low heat until the mixture gets creamy.
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Crab Cream:
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Remove unwanted bones and shells from crab meat. Set aside. Mince celery and onion. Set aside.
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Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Bring the minced celery and onion. With regular stirring with a wooden spatula, cook for about a few minutes or until getting soft.
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Bring the prepared crab meat and continue to cook for another few minutes. Spread white wine over them.
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Bring the prepared white sauce, and mix well. Bring the cooked crab cream in a flat container. While the meat is hot, quickly wrap its top to keep it from drying out. Put it in refrigerator until it gets harden.
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Divide the crab cream into six pieces or pieces of an appropriate amount. Form them in a round shape by hand.
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Bring each piece in flour, mixed egg and bread crumbs in this order, making it covered with these three layers.
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Frying Croquette:
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Prepare a large deep skillet. Heat 3.5 inch deep oil to 356 degrees F.
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Put two or three pieces of the crab cream on a Spider Skimmer, and bring them in the heated oil to fry.
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Occasionally turn them upside down. Fry them for 4 minutes or until both surfaces get light brown.
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Bring them on paper towel draining oil off.
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