The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe #6 Contest Winner

Peanut Encrusted Crab Cakes with Pepper Couli

Peanut Crust:
1 cup salted peanuts, partially ground

Crab Cakes:
1 pound crab meat 1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup chopped red onion
1 tablespoon minced jalapeno pepper
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
salt to taste

Red Pepper Couli:
1 quart heavy cream
1 cup canned, chopped red peppers
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon white pepper

Grind peanuts in food processor or blender, leaving half of them in finely chopped pieces. Prepare crab cakes by adding mayonnaise, breadcrumbs, onion, jalapeno pepper, beaten egg, and seasonings to large bowl. Combine and carefully fold in crabmeat, taking care not to break up any lumps. Form into 8 crab cakes. Dip both sides of crab cakes into peanuts. Place on a baking sheet which has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Serve topped with Red Pepper Couli (recipe above). Makes 4 servings. In 2 quart saucepan, heat heavy cream, red pepper, salt & pepper over medium heat until reduced by half. Serve over crab cakes.

Cheryl Perry

The Judges

Daniel Rogov

Daniel has been writing about food and wine for more years than he will admit in public. For the last twenty years he has been the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli Daily, Ha'Aretz. Rogov also contributes regularly on dining and wine to several European newspapers and magazines; and is an advisor to Hugh Johnson's "Pocket Wine Encyclopaedia" and contributes to Tom Stevenson’s “Wine Report”. His own book “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines has just been published by Toby press and can be ordered through Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. He also maintains Rogov's Ramblings, an internet site devoted to wine, gastronomy and travel.

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.