1 lb Fresh crab meat
1/4 lb Fresh mushrooms, sliced, or
1 large can of mushrooms
(stems and pieces) 2 T Butter (to saute fresh
Mushrooms) 2 T Butter
2 T Flour
1/2 c Milk
1/2 c White wine
1/2 ts Dry mustard
1/4 ts Dry tarragon
Salt to taste Pepper to taste Hot sauce to taste 3/4 c 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.