Delicious Crab Stuffed Mushrooms!
Ingredients:
8 large mushrooms, fresh and whole
1 package stuffing(herb flavor, no meat flavors)
6 cloves fresh garlic minced
1 sm onion diced 1celery stalk thin sliced
1 stick butter + 3 Tbsp reserved
3Tbl white cooking wine
6-8 oz. crab meat in chunks(if fresh make sure no cartilage remains)
2 sm lemons, juiced
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp sweet basil
4 slices provolone cheese(large round slices)
3oz fresh grated parmesan
1/2 Cup half and half
Salt and pepper to taste
Cut stems from mushrooms and remove middles(save). lightly grease baking dish(I prefer glass) Sautee 4 cloves garlic, onion, celery and diced mush stems in butter until tender(approx 5 mins) add white wine and 1/2 lemon juice, cream and all spices. bring to boil, add crab chunks and stuffing mix(may need to hold out about 1/2 cup of stuffing mix if gets dry...add a little at a time to get preferred texture) Remove from heat, stir in parmesan cheese set aside. in sm pan melt 3Tbs butter add remaining garlic and lemon, pour 1/2 of mixture in baking dish. Stuff mushroom caps with crab mixture(overfill and mold) pour remaining butter mixture over caps cover with foil and bake in 400 degree oven for 20-25 mins remove foil add provolone cheese to tops of caps and place under broiler until golden brown and bubbly. Serve with any extra sauce in dish.
serves 4-ish
Vanessa Stalets
RE.MAX Elite
615-661-4400
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