Crab Meat Mornay Recipes

Steps:

• Bake pastry shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, place butter in a 2-qt. microwave-safe dish. Cover and microwave on high for 20-30 seconds or until melted. Add the mushrooms, onions and pimientos. Cover and cook on high for 2-3 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender., Combine flour and milk until smooth; gradually stir into the vegetable mixture. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 2-3 minutes or until thickened, stirring often. Add the cheese, crab, salt and cayenne. , Cook, covered, on high for 30-60 seconds or until the cheese is melted. Spoon into the pastry shells; sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Make crepes---------.
• Combine all ingredients (except for cooking oil) for crepes in a bowl and blend with a whisk until smooth.
• Cover batter and set aside for 30 minutes.
• Heat cooking oil in pan.
• Add 2 tablespoons of batter and cook until lightly browned on bottom side (about 1 1/2 minutes).
• Turn and cook other side.
• Repeat with remaining batter.
• Place crepes between pieces of waxed paper to keep from sticking together.
• Set aside.
• Prepare crepe mixture and Mornay Sauce Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• For Mornay sauce-----------.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter and blend in Flour.
• Stir in milk.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens.
• Add cheese and blend well.
• Add egg yolk mixture and blend well.
• Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• For Crepe mixture----------.
• Butter a large shallow baking dish.
• In a skillet melt 4 tablespoons of butter and sauté onions and mushrooms until tender.
• Stir in seafood.
• Add 3/4 cup of Mornay Sauce, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Stir together until heated through.
• Spoon 2 tablespoons of mixture into middle of crepe and roll up.
• Place seam side down in buttered baking dish.
• Repeat with remaining crepes.
• Top with remaining sauce and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 15 minutes until sauce is warm and bubbly.

Steps:

• Combine first four ingredients in saucepan; bring to a boil.
• Add mushrooms and green onions. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 minute or until mushrooms are tender.
• Combine milk and cornstarch and add to mushroom mixture. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes until thickened.
• Remove from heat and add cheese; stir until melted, Stir in crab meat.
• Spoon into 2 ramekins or those shell shaped ceramic dishes. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Broil 2 minutes or until hot.
• Garnish with green onion fan.

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet.
• Add onions and saute.
• Add parsley and flour, stir to desolve flour.
• Add cream and cheese.
• Fold in crab meat.
• Add salt to taste and garnish with cayenne pepper.
• Serve warm in bread bowls with melba toast.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat..Add the scallions and sauté about 3 minutes,until soft.
• Whisk in the flour. Add the cream and whisk until smooth. Stir in the cheese and blend until smooth. Add the sherry and cayenne and 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste) and gently fold in the crab meat and parsley.
• Serve in a chafing dish accompanied by toast points,or fill small tart shells and pass them on trays.

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy pot and saute onions and parsley.
• Blend in flour, cream and cheese until the cheese is melted.
• Add other ingredients and gently fold in crab meat.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan and fry green onions until soft. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove from heat source and add milk, wine, and mustard. Return to heat source and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Add crabmeat and cream.
• Spoon mixture into six individual gratin dishes, or if you prefer, in a large baking dish.
• Mash the potatoes with milk and butter and spread evenly over crab mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Brown under broiler and garnish with lemon slices and parsley.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine soup and wine or broth. Cook and stir over medium heat until blended and heated through. Stir 1/2 cupful into the egg; return all to the pan. , Place the crab in a greased shallow 1-qt. baking dish; top with soup mixture. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Pick over crab meat carefully to remove and discard pieces of shell or cartilage. Do not break up the pieces of crab; leave them as whole as possible. Set aside.
• Pick over spinach to remove tough stems or blemished leaves. Rinse well and drain. Set aside.
• Heat 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan and add flour, stirring rapidly with a whisk. Add salt, pepper and cayenne. When blended, stir in milk, cream and nutmeg. Let simmer, stirring often from the bottom, about 10 minutes. Add cheese and stir until melted.
• Put spinach in a deep skillet or casserole without water. Cook, stirring often, until the leaves wilt. Drain. Press or squeeze to extract as much liquid as possible from the leaves. Chop spinach until it is medium fine.
• Heat remaining tablespoon of butter in a skillet and add 1 tablespoon shallots. Cook briefly, stirring, and add spinach. Add salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into a baking dish (an oval dish measuring 14 by 8 by 2 inches is ideal).
• Spoon crab into a smaller ovenproof dish and sprinkle with remaining tablespoon of chopped shallots. Place in oven and bake 5 minutes. Scatter crab meat over spinach and smooth it to make an even layer. Spoon cheese sauce over all and smooth it over. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese evenly on top.
• Place dish in oven and bake 10 minutes. Heat broiler. Let broil, leaving the door partly ajar, about 2 minutes or until nicely glazed on top. Serve.