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Mushroom With Crab Meat

Shellfish blend beautifully as stuffings for mushrooms and crêpes. Scallops, lobster, mussels, and others can be substituted for crab meat.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

12   Mushrooms* - (to 16) - stems removed (large)
6 tablespoons 90mlButter - melted
3/4 lb 340g / 11ozFresh cooked crab meat
2   Eggs - beaten
3 tablespoons 45mlMayonnaise
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozChopped green onions
2 teaspoons 10mlFresh lemon juice
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozFresh bread crumbs

Recipe Instructions

* Alternate Mushrooms: Common Store Mushroom, Horse Mushroom, Meadow Mushroom, Morels, The Prince

Dip the mushroom caps in the melted butter and place them upside down in a buttered baking dish. Save the stems for another meal.

Combine the crab meat, eggs, mayonnaise, onions, lemon juice, and half of the bread crumbs. Fill the mushroom caps with this mixture. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs and any butter left from dipping the caps on top of the stuffed caps. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes or until the bread crumbs are golden brown.

This recipe yields 4 or more appetizer servings.

Source:
Wild About Mushrooms by Louise Freedman

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