Alaska Dungeness Crab Newburg

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half or 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 cup alaska dungeness crabmeat, thawed if necessary
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• salt
• patty shells or toast points
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. stir in flour; cook and stir 1 minute. add half-and-half; cook and stir about 5 minutes or until thickened. stir a small amount of hot mixture into yolks; return to hot mixture.
• 2 stir in crab, sherry and cayenne; salt to taste. cook and stir until crab is thoroughly heated. serve in patty shells; sprinkle with paprika.