Crab and Mushrooms in Wine Sauce
1 lb. fresh crab meat
1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms (sliced) or 1 lg. can of mushrooms (stems and pieces)
2 tbsp. butter (to saute mushrooms)
2 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. white wine
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. dry tarragon
3/4 c. bread crumbs
Salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste
Pull crabmeat apart and remove stiff membranes. Saute mushrooms in butter. If mushrooms are 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 for 30 minutes uncovered. Cover before serving. Serves 4.
NOTE: This can be made with shrimp or crabmeat and shrimp.