Mushroom With Crab Meat Recipe - Cooking Index
Shellfish blend beautifully as stuffings for mushrooms and crêpes. Scallops, lobster, mussels, and others can be substituted for crab meat.
Type: Vegetables12 | Mushrooms* - (to 16) - stems removed (large) | |
6 tablespoons | 90ml | Butter - melted |
3/4 lb | 340g / 11oz | Fresh cooked crab meat |
2 | Eggs - beaten | |
3 tablespoons | 45ml | Mayonnaise |
1/4 cup | 15g / 0.5oz | Chopped green onions |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Fresh lemon juice |
1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Fresh bread crumbs |
* 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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