Fiction To Sink Your Teeth Into, a feature from author and professional chef Rohan O’Duill!

Normally I put a little explainer here why I chose this meal with this book. But this time I am going to let a the book do the explaining.

“Do you want to talk?” Rebecca says softly.

Demzey scoffs, shaking his head. “About what? Where would we even start?” Demzey says, his eyes appearing to dampen. “Should we discuss the massacre at the compound? Or the scientists trying to escape in the SUV only to be overturned, dragged out into the desert and ripped to shreds? Or maybe the soldiers who are sitting in quarantine right now, the ones who saved my life, their bodies being turned inside out, while I sit at this restaurant waiting for a crab cake sandwich with steak fries and a cold draft? Yes, by all means let’s talk…”

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp of oil
• 1 red onion, fine diced
• 1 red pepper, fine diced
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• 100g crabmeat
• 200g breadcrumbs
• Dash of Louisiana hot sauce
• Paprika
• Cracked pepper and sea salt
• A brioche bun
• Aioli

Method

• Saute the onion, garlic and pepper in the oil for about 5 minutes on a low heat. The veg should start to break down. Take off the heat and allow to cool.
• Add in the breadcrumbs, hot sauce and paprika. Season to your liking. Mix together and form patties with the mix.
• Fry off in a little oil until golden brown, then pop in the oven for ten minutes to cook through.
• Toast the brioche bun and serve with the aioli and any burger dressings that you fancy. I used coleslaw. but other options include lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle.
• Serve with fries and a cold draft, and sit back and get stuck into this absorbing and tension-filled read.