Elegant Southern Seafood Cake

Total Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 packet cornbread mix, prepared
• 1 small red onion
• 1 red bell pepper, small
• 1 small green bell pepper
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb lump crabmeat
• 1/2 lb shrimp
• 1/2 lb flounder fillets
• 1/4 lb scallops
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne
• salt
• pepper
• 6 tablespoons clarified butter

Recipe

• 1 well in advance, prepare cornbread according to package directions. cool and process in food processor or blender to make fine crumbs. set aside.
• 2 finely chop onion.
• 3 remove seeds and veins from peppers and chop into approximately 1/2 inch pieces.
• 4 peel, chop, and finely crush garlic. saute onion in 10 inch frying pan in hot olive oil until soft, about 4 minutes.
• 5 add peppers and garlic and continue cooking until peppers are almost tender.
• 6 meanwhile, peel shrimp.
• 7 coarsely chop shrimp, scallops and flounder.
• 8 remove onion/pepper mixture from heat and add eafood, mayonnaise and lime juice.
• 9 stir gently to prevent breaking up crab.
• 10 season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne.
• 11 shape into patties and coat both sides with cornbread crumbs. (may now be placed n a plate and refrigerated for up to an hour) when ready to serve, heat 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter in the frying pan over a moderately high flame.
• 12 saute 3 cakes at a time until golden on both ides, about 2 minutes.
• 13 add more butter as necessary.
• 14 may be served with creamy corn sauce.
• 15 spoon warm corn sauce on plate and place seafood cake on top.