crab cake question: when to freeze?

[Mosca]

I'm going to make the crab cake recipe for Mrs Mosca, for dinner tonight.

It makes 6 cakes, and of course we are not going to eat 6 crab cakes.

Should I: 1) form the patties, griddle two, and freeze four? (That would be my choice.) Or, 2) form the patties, griddle 6, and freeze four?

[EdF]

I'd freeze them uncooked, preferably in vac bags.

[Troutman]

Exact-a-mundo

[Donw]

Depends on how long you will keep them frozen. Cooked crab cakes last longer frozen than raw ones. Uncooked appx 2-3 months, cooked appx 4-5 months

[grezs]

Why not scale the recipe for 2 or 3?

[smoken]

#2. Thats what we do, brown them off. Let them cool. Freeze. Then slack out and heat up in oven or on a slow griddle as needed. It also firms them up a bit

[steve_woolston]

I don't make many crab cakes myself, but my Mom would cook them first, then freeze them. I think the meat retains its texture better.

[EdF]

This guy is from Maryland - trust him!