Crab Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
    3/4 c. finely chopped onion
    1 c. soft bread crumbs
    1 lb. crab meat, flaked (bone tissue removed)
    a pinch of Old Bay spice
    3 eggs, beaten
    3/4 tsp. salt
    1 tsp. dry mustard
    1/8 tsp. paprika
    1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
    3 Tbsp. chopped parsley
    1 to 2 Tbsp. cream
    1/2 c. flour
Preparation
    Heat butter or margarine in a skillet and partially cook the onion.
    Remove from heat and stir in bread crumbs; combine with the crab meat.
    Add a mixture of the beaten eggs and the next 5 ingredients; blend thoroughly.
    Add enough cream to hold the crab meat mixture together.
    Shape into 12 (2 1/2-inch) cakes.
    Coat cakes with flour.
    Fry in butter or oil (about 1/4 inch deep in skillet) until cakes are golden brown and cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.
    Serve with lemon wedges.

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