Ingredients

• 6 ounces claw meat
• 3 ounces bread crumbs
• 3 green onions, diced
• 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 pound lump crab meat
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 roasted red pepper
• 7 fresh basil leaves
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 lemon
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Garlic, to taste

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Instructions

1. For the crab cakes: Mix all ingredients together, except for the lump crabmeat. Fold in lump crabmeat. Portion crab cakes using a round cookie cutter into 4 to 6 servings. Sear crab cakes in saute pan for 2 minute on each side.
2. For the sauce: Saute roasted red pepper and basil leaves in olive oil until the basil leaves become wilted. Using a food processor, combine the sauteed pepper and basil leaves with the mayonnaise and lemon. Add salt, pepper and garlic to taste while processing.
3. Serve with crab cakes.