Crab Balls With Lemon-Caper Sauce

JackieOhNo!'s Note:

A wonderful appetizer perfect at your next cocktail party or holiday open house.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 32 pieces

Lemon-Caper Sauce (makes about 1-1/2 cups sauce)

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 4 ½ tablespoons drained nonpareil capers
• 4 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 ½ teaspoons grated lemon peel

Crab Balls

• nonstick vegetable oil cooking spray
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 2 large eggs , lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 lb crabmeat , drained well and picked over
• 24 saltine crackers , finely ground

Directions:

1. For Lemon-Caper Sauce; Mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl to blend.
2. Chill until cold.
3. (Can be prepared up to 1 day ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.).
4. For Crab Balls: Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray.
5. Whisk mayonnaise, eggs, mustard and Worcestershire in large bowl to blend.
6. Gently mix in crabmeat and ground crackers.
7. Place on prepared baking sheets.
8. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover, chill.).
9. Preheat broiler.
10. Broil crab balls until brown and cooked through, watching closely to avoid burning and turning once, about 5 minutes.
11. Serve with sauce.

Reviews

[SarasotaCook]

Two changes. But an excellent recipe. I agree with the one poster who said the 2 tablespoons should of been dijon, which is what I used and it was excellent. Also, I added just a bit of spinach to mine crab balls and it was excellent. I used frozen chopped spinach, drained very well. We loved the recipe.

[ovendiva]

one change: I think the 2 tbsp mayo in the sauce is supposed to be dijon mustard. This is what I did. Great recipes, a big hit at the staff Christmas party, had to give out the recipe to a lot of people. It's a nice change from having fried appetizers.

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

Lemon & Capers? In a sauce? With fresh crab cakes? Don't even think you won't just love this to pieces and request that someone make this for *you* I made small crab cakes instead of "balls" but stayed absolutely true to the recipe. Adored the sauce, can see using this for lots of things, sitting atop asparagus, broccoli, and fish even. Made the cakes the day before and were perfect. Made for *Think Pink* October 2009