Yield: 4 Servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
1 pounds | Fresh crab meat |
¼ pounds | Fresh mushrooms, sliced, or |
\N \N | 1 large can of mushrooms |
\N \N | (stems and pieces) |
2 tablespoons | Butter (to saute fresh |
\N \N | Mushrooms) |
2 tablespoons | Butter |
2 tablespoons | Flour |
½ cup | Milk |
½ cup | White wine |
½ teaspoon | Dry mustard |
¼ teaspoon | Dry tarragon |
\N \N | Salt to taste |
\N \N | Pepper to taste |
\N \N | Hot sauce to taste |
¾ cup | Bread crumbs |
Pull crab meat apart and remove stiff membrances. Saute mushrooms in butter. (If mushrooms not fresh, add later.) Make a cream sauce blending melted butter, flour and milk, wine, mustard, tarragon, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Cook 2 or 3 minutes, then add crab meat and mushrooms. Place in casserole; sprinkle top with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes uncovered.
Cover before serving. This can also be made with shrimp, or crab meat and shrimp.