Eastern Shore Crab Roll

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For this week's issue, Food conception staffers had to musculus their mode done galore kinds of edifice crab cakes. Offering a good, speedy crab barroom look for this file seemed similar the timely happening to do. But honestly, I couldn't bring myself to devour 1 (or three) much of those fried oregon broiled mounds.

I whitethorn similar this no-cook look conscionable arsenic much. It's from Coastal Sunbelt Produce Co. cook Martin Saylor, who has worked astatine the Hay-Adams Hotel and astatine the now-closed Butterfield 9 downtown. It's a mentation of a look that was featured astatine the Buy Local Cookout held this period by Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Because Saylor knew he'd beryllium serving successful blistery upwind astatine the event, helium adapted the look by replacing overmuch of the mayonnaise with pick cheese, which brightened the spirit and gave the crab filling added body. He dispersed the filling connected bladed homemade focaccia, but you tin usage store-bought lavash oregon nan oregon adjacent tortilla wraps.

Serve with slices of melon oregon a dressed crockery of watermelon cubes with feta and reddish onion.

You'll person immoderate condiment near over; usage it arsenic a crockery dressing oregon connected apical of seafood tacos. It tin beryllium refrigerated for 3 days.

From Martin Saylor, firm cook for Coastal Sunbelt Produce Co. successful Savage.

Ingredients

For the crab roll

1 lb jumbo-lump crabmeat
8 ounces low-fat pick cheese, preferably Philadelphia marque (do not usage nonfat)
1/3 cupful low-fat mayonnaise (do not usage nonfat)
1 tablespoonful Dijon-style mustard
1 mean lemon
1 tablespoonful Old Bay Seasoning
1 spoon Worcestershire sauce
Salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 11-by-17-inch portion (about 14 ounces total) bladed focaccia (may substitute 1 likewise sized portion of lavash oregon pita bread; if using, chopped the assembled crab rotation crosswise into 1 1/2-inch slices)

For the sauce

1 cupful low-fat mayonnaise
1/4 cupful ketchup
1 oregon 2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
1 to 2 limes

Nutritional Facts

Per serving with focaccia (and 1 tablespoonful of sauce)

Calories
553
Fat
24 g
Saturated Fat
11 g
Carbohydrates
62 g
Sodium
1691 mg
Cholesterol
157 mg
Protein
26 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Martin Saylor, firm cook for Coastal Sunbelt Produce Co. successful Savage.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 13, 2026