Crab recipe collection

Golden pan-fried lump crab cakes with chives and Dijon, served with a vibrant blanched basil mayonnaise. Triple-breaded for a shattering crisp crust outside, sweet crab inside.

Restaurant-style crab cakes with red and green bell peppers, seared golden then oven-finished, served on a velvety cilantro butter sauce. A stunning plated seafood main course.

Crispy fried crab croquettes seasoned with cayenne, white pepper, and garlic, served with a cream of wine sauce. Old-school Southern entertaining at its finest.

Buttery crab filling with scallions and dry vermouth, ready to stuff into crepes, pastry shells, mushroom caps, or anything that needs a luxurious seafood center.

Crab phyllo triangles: shatteringly crisp pastry packets stuffed with creamy garlic crab and fresh chives. The cocktail-party appetizer that disappears off the tray first.

Light crab salad with asparagus, water chestnuts, and green onions tossed in a tangy yogurt-horseradish dressing. A crisp, refreshing seafood salad that's low in fat.

This recipe uses ready-made taco shells, but soft tortillas are good too.

Savory crab shortcakes with tender crab meat and sliced hard-boiled eggs in a creamy sauce, spooned over warm split biscuits. Comfort food in 30 minutes.

Crispy hollowed-out French bread cubes stuffed with a bubbly crab and cheese filling. These bite-sized appetizers bake up golden and crunchy in under an hour.

Creole-style crabmeat patties baked in ramekins with mushrooms, pimiento, cream, and buttered breadcrumbs. Rich, old-world elegance with a cayenne kick in every spoonful.

Luxurious crab bisque with Scotch whiskey, butter, and heavy cream. Chunks of flaked crab meat swim in a velvety, boozy broth that comes together in just 30 minutes. Pure indulgence in a bowl.

Louisiana seafood gumbo loaded with shrimp, crab, and oysters in a dark roux broth. Okra and the holy trinity thicken this Cajun classic, finished with file powder and ladled over rice.

Fisherman's pie with cod, catfish, shrimp, and crab in a creamy Tabasco-spiked sauce, topped with piped mashed potatoes and cheddar cheese in a potato shell crust.

Lemon rose geranium angel cake: a classic cloud-light angel food cake perfumed from below by fresh lemon rose geranium leaves lining the pan. Delicately floral, snow-white, and finished with fresh berries and edible flowers.

Fried eggplant rounds with Parmesan crust topped with a creamy crab and shrimp sauce flavored with liquid crab boil, cream cheese, and Tabasco. A Cajun-style showstopper.

Oysters Thomas bakes fresh oysters on the half shell topped with lump crab meat, bearnaise sauce, and cream sauce under golden bread crumbs. An elegant appetizer.