You can serve this amazing and quick dish as a starter in your New Year’s Eve meal or as a snack on a cold and breezy day.

Serves: 10
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• Cooked crab meat 750g
• Egg 1 large, beaten
• Mashed potato 300g
• Spring onions 3, trimmed and finely chopped
• Fresh flat-leaf parsley ½ bunch, pick and finely chopped
• Cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon
• Ground white pepper 1 teaspoon
• Sea salt 1 pinch
• Plain flour for dusting
• Oil for frying
• Watercress and tartare sauce for serving

Directions:

• Combine crabmeat, egg, mashed potatoes, spring onion, parsley, cayenne pepper, white pepper, and salt in a large bowl and mix well.
• Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, remove from refrigerator and shape into 6cm cakes.
• Dust with flour and shallow fry in a large frying pan over medium heat for 5 minutes per side or until golden brown.
• Serve with pinches of watercress and a dollop of tartare sauce.