Mushrooms 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:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan; add in onions, garlic and dried thyme and saute for about 3 minutes or until softened.
• Add in sliced mushrooms and cook until until they release their moisture.
• Add in shrimp and cook until the shrimp is no longer pink; remove only the shrimp to a bowl (leave the onion/mushroom mixture in the saucepan).
• Reduce heat to medium-low and add in flour; whisk for 1 minute (you might need to add in a couple tablespoons more butter).
• Slowly add in broth, wine (if using) and whipping cream; cook over medium-low heat stirring or whisking constantly until bubbly and thickened (about 5 minutes).
• Season with seasoned salt or white salt, black pepper and hot sauce or cayenne (if using) to taste.
• Add the shrimp back into the sauce and then mix in the Parmesan cheese; simmer for 5 minutes over low heat.
• Serve over cooked pasta.

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and saute the mushrooms until tender and the liquid disappears.
• Set the mushrooms aside.
• In a medium saucepan, simmer the scallops, shrimp, sherry, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and scallions for 5 minutes in enough water to cover.
• Drain the liquid in a separate saucepan and cook it over higher heat, reducing it to 1 cup.
• Set it aside for making sauce.
• Add the crabmeat, pimiento, and mushrooms to the scallops and shrimp.
• Spoon about 2 ounces of the mixture into each shell.
• Place the shells in a shallow baking pan.
• Pour a little water in the pan to create a moisturizing steam around the shells.
• In the top of a double boiler, combine all of the sauce ingredients except the butter and flour.
• Bring the mixture just to a boil.
• Remove the pan from the heat and set it aside.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a small saucepan, make a roux by cooking the butter and flour over medium heat for about 2 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.
• Add the sauce to the roux, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
• Pour the sauce evenly over the seafood, but don't allow the sauce to spill over the shell.
• Sprinkle with cheese and paprika.
• Bake the shells for 10 minutes or until the top is brown and bubbly.