Crab Cakes with Spicy Avocado Sauce

• 1/2 ripe medium California avocado, pitted and peeled
• 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 fresh jalapeno or serrano chile (including seeds), stemmed and quartered lengthwise
• 1/4 cup fat-free (skim) milk
• 1 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over and coarsely shredded
• 3 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup minced fresh chives
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1/2 teaspoon herbes de Provence or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

1. Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400F.
2. Line a baking sheet with foil.
3. Pulse avocado with mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, sugar, and one fourth of chile in a food processor until chile is finely chopped.
4. Add milk and puree until smooth.
5. Add more chile if desired, processing until smooth.
6. Transfer sauce to a bowl and chill, covered.
7. Stir together crabmeat, mayonnaise, chives, lemon juice, mustard, pepper, and 1 tablespoon panko in a large bowl until blended well, then chill, covered.
8. Melt butter in a medium nonstick skillet over moderate heat, then cook garlic, stirring, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes.
9. Add herbes de Provence, salt, and remaining 7 tablespoons panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 6 minutes.
10. Transfer crumbs to a plate to cool.
11. Discard garlic.
12. Divide crabmeat mixture into 4 mounds on a sheet of wax paper.
13. Form 1 mound into a patty, then carefully turn patty in crumb mixture to coat top and bottom.
14. Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with remaining 3 mounds, then sprinkle remaining crumbs on top of crab cakes.
15. Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.
16. Serve crab cakes with sauce.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/crab-cakes-with-spicy-avocado-sauce-109310 (may not work)