Key Lime Sauce

Try this sauce with any seafood, including stone crab.

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1 1/2 teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning

1 tablespoon Key lime juice

1/4 cup sour cream

Combine all ingredients in a nonreactive bowl. Whisk 30 seconds to combine. Makes 3/4 cup.

Per (1-tablespoon) serving: 77 calories, 96 percent calories from fat, 8 grams total fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 7 milligrams cholesterol, .3 gram carbohydrates, no fiber, .2 gram total sugars, .3 gram net carbs, .2 gram protein, 132 milligrams sodium.

Spicy Mustard Sauce

This is the perfect sauce to serve with stone crab.

1 cup Hellman’s Mayonnaise

1 / 4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Coleman’s Mustard (dry mustard)

2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce

1 tablespoon A-1 Steak Sauce

1 / 2 cup heavy whipping cream

1 / 2 teaspoon kosher salt

With an electric mixer on medium speed, mix mustard and mayonnaise. Add remaining ingredients and beat until mixture reaches a creamy consistency. Makes 1 1 / 4 cups.

Per (1-tablespoon) serving: 98 calories, 92 percent calories from fat, 10 grams total fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 10 milligrams cholesterol, 1 gram carbohydrates, .1 gram total fiber, .3 gram total sugars, 1 gram net carbs, .8 gram protein, 100 milligrams sodium.

Stone Crab Mustard Sauce

Make this sauce, which is perfect to serve with stone crabs, ahead of serving time so the ingredients can meld. You can halve the recipe, but it keeps well for up to 10 days and is delicious on burgers and sandwiches as well as seafood.

1 1 / 2 cups real mayonnaise

1 1 / 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard (Grey Pouponrecommended)

2 teaspoons yellow mustard

1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce,or to taste

1 tablespoon prepared

horseradish

In a nonreactive bowl, whisk all the ingredients together well. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use. Makes about

1 3 / 4 cups.

Per (1-tablespoon) serving: 86 calories, 99 percent calories from fat, 9 grams total fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 4 milligrams cholesterol, .1 gram carbohydrates, no fiber, no sugars, .1 gram net carbs, no protein, 82 milligrams sodium.

Stone Crabs with Joe’s Mustard Sauce

At Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach, the claws are served with mustard sauce and clarified or drawn butter. This is Joe’s mustard sauce recipe. 3 teaspoons Coleman’s dry English mustard

1 cup mayonnaise

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

1 teaspoon A-1 Steak Sauce

2 tablespoons light cream

Salt, to taste

4 cups crushed ice

4 to 6 pounds cooked fresh stone crab claws, cracked

Combine all ingredients except ice and crab claws; whisk until smooth. Divide this sauce among four small ramekins. Mound the ice on a platter and arrange the crab claws on top. Place the platter in the center of the table. Provide each guest with a ramekin of sauce plus bowls for shell pieces. Let guests dip crabmeat in sauce and enjoy. Makes 4 servings.

Per (1-tablespoon) serving Mustard Sauce: 86 calories, 98 percent calories from fat, 9 grams total fat, 8 milligrams cholesterol, .52 gram carbohydrates, .21 gram protein, 82 milligrams sodium. Per serving (chilled stone crab): 220 calories, 14 percent calories from fat, 3 grams total fat, 120 milligrams cholesterol, no carbohydrates, 44 grams protein, 2,433 milligrams sodium.