New Orleans Crabmeat And Mushrooms Recipes

TONY'S CRABMEAT AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Saute green onions, celery and mushrooms in butter, set aside.
• Start white sauce:
• Melt butter in heavy saucepan.
• Blend in flour, stirring constantly until smooth.
• Remove from heat and add milk a little at a time.
• Season to taste and cook on low heat until thick and bubbly.
• Add White sauce, crabmeat, salt and pepper.
• Place in greased baking dish and top with cheese.
• Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
• Serve with salad and bread for a quick easy and TASTY dinner! Can be served with a sliced small baguette or other bread as an appetizer!

COPELAND'S OF NEW ORLEANS' STUFFED CRAB RECIPE

Steps:

• Saute onions, bell peppers, and celery until half done. Add garlic salt and cayenne and saute until vegetables are translucent. Add claw meat, bread crumbs, parsley, and green onions. Mix thoroughly and stuff accordingly. Recommended either baked or fried. This recipe yields ?? servings.

NEW ORLEANS CRABMEAT AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375ºF.
• In a medium heavy bottomed saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add the onions and garlic; sauté for 3-5 min or until vegetables are wilted. Be careful not to brown.
• Sprinkle in the flour, blending well into the mixture.
• Using a wire whisk, add the hot cream into the saucepan, stirring constantly until thick cream sauce is achieved.
• Reduce heat to a simmer.
• Add the white wine, lemon juice, nutmeg, and hot sauce, stir to combine.
• Sprinkle in half of the Cheddar cheese, stirring the mixture constantly.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste. If mixture becomes too thick, add a small amount of hot water or whipping cream.
• Place equal parts of the crabmeat in the bottom of 6 au gratin dishes, top with sauce-enough to cover and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• Bake for 10 min or until cheese is bubbly.
• OR.
• Spread crabmeat on the bottom of an 8-inch baking dish, top with sauce, and sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
• Bake for 30 min or until cheese is bubbly and melted.

CRABMEAT IMPERIAL FROM COMMANDER'S PALACE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large skillet, sauté onions, bell pepper, celery, and green onions in melted butter.
• Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and pimento. Sauté for about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat and add mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Let cool.
• In large mixing bowl, ladle sauce over crabmeat and fold gently with hands to coat crabmeat.
• Using your hands, fill individual casserole pans or large shells with crabmeat. Thinly coat the top with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake until bubbly.

WARREN LERUTH'S NEW ORLEANS STYLE CRABMEAT ST. FRANCIS

Steps:

• Heat the margarine in a saucepan until it bubbles. Add all the sauce ingredients except the milk and flour, and sauté until the vegetables are well browned and sticking a little bit to the pan. Remove from heat and set aside for 15 minutes.
• After 15 minutes, add the evaporated milk and 3/4 cup of water to the saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring lightly.
• While the boil is coming up, whisk the flour into 3 oz. of water. After the pan comes to a boil, stir the flour-water mixture slowly into the other ingredients. Simmer for three minutes, until the sauce is thick.
• Spoon the sauce into a pan and refrigerate overnight.
• To complete the dish, preheat the oven to 425 F degrees. Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and paprika together.
• Put about 3 oz. crabmeat into a scallop shell or small au gratin dish. Top with 5 oz. of the chilled sauce, then sprinkle with the bread crumb mixture.
• Bake at 425 F degrees until the crumbs brown and the sides of the dish begin to bubble--20-25 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and top each with 1 teaspoon melted margarine.
• Serve very hot.