Name: Cucumber crab cakes and prawn pizzettas
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: Cucumber crab cakes; 1 cup mashed potato, chilled; 275 gram tub chilled crab meat; 1 cup dry breadcrumbs; 1 green onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon whole-egg mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 teaspoon lime zest; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 egg, beaten; vegetable oil for shallow frying; 2 lebanese cucumbers, ends trimmed, cut into thin rounds; sweet chilli sauce, trimmed snow-pea sprouts, to serve; Prawn pizzettas; 1 sheet of puff pastry; tomato passata; 12 green prawn, peeled; 12 sundried tomato; persian feta; fresh thyme; 3 lime, wedges

Cucumber crab cakes and prawn pizzettas

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Serves 18

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

Ingredients

Cucumber crab cakes

1 cup mashed potato, chilled

275 gram tub chilled crab meat

1 cup dry breadcrumbs

1 green onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon whole-egg mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lime juice

1 teaspoon lime zest

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 egg, beaten

vegetable oil for shallow frying

2 lebanese cucumbers, ends trimmed, cut into thin rounds

sweet chilli sauce, trimmed snow-pea sprouts, to serve

Prawn pizzettas

1 sheet of puff pastry

tomato passata

12 green prawn, peeled

12 sundried tomato

persian feta

fresh thyme

3 lime, wedges

Method

Cucumber crab cakes

1.In a medium bowl combine potato, crab, half the breadcrumbs, onion, mayonnaise, juice, zest and cayenne pepper.

2.Roll heaped tablespoonfuls of mixture into balls and flatten slightly. Dip in egg and roll in remaining breadcrumbs to coat. Arrange on trays and chili for 15 minutes.

3.Heat oil in a large frying pan on medium. Cook crab cakes in three batches, for 2-3 minutes each, turning once, until golden. Drain on paper towel.

4.Place each crab cake on a cucumber slice. Drizzle with sauce and top with snow-pea sprouts to serve.

Prawn pizzettas

5.Cut a sheet of puff pastry into 12. Spread a teaspoon of tomato passata over each rectangle, leaving a 1cm border.

6.Place on oven tray. Top each with a peeled green prawn, a sundried tomato, a sprinkling of Persian feta and fresh thyme.

7.Bake in a hot oven, 200°C (180°C fan forced) for 10-12 minutes, or until golden. Serve pizzettas with lime wedges.

MAKES 18
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