Japanese-Style Crab Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    14 ounces crabmeat (I used blue crab crabmeat)
    2 eggs
    2/3 cup breadcrumbs
    1/2 cup sweetcorn
    1 onion, finely diced
    4 stalks celery, finely diced
    1 carrot, finely diced
    3 garlic cloves
    1/2 tablespoon fennel, finely diced
    1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
    sea salt
    fresh ground black pepper
    Sauce
    3 tablespoons japanese mayonnaise
    2 tablespoons mustard
    2 tablespoons fish sauce
    1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
    3 tablespoons crab roe
Preparation
    In a large mixing bowl combine crabmeat with sweetcorn.
    Saute onion, garlic, fennel, celery and carrot with olive oil. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    In a mixing bowl, combine sauce ingredients with a whisk.
    Combine sauteed vegetables with crabmeat mixture.
    Add sauce mixture, breadcrumbs and eggs.
    Shape crab cakes into patties.
    Pan fry crab cakes until golden on both sides.

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