Baked Seafood Au Gratin

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup all-purpose flour, divided
• 1 lb fresh crabmeat
• 4 cups water
• 1 lb shrimp
• 1/2 lb small scallop
• 1/2 lb cod fish fillet
• 1 (4 ounce) can button mushrooms, drained
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 1 dash hot pepper sauce
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• fresh parsley
• 1/8 cup sherry wine

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy skillet, saute the onion and the pepper in 1/2 cup of olive oil.
• 2 cook until tender.
• 3 mix in 1/2 cup of the flour, and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 4 stir in crabmeat, remove from heat, and set aside.
• 5 in a large dutch oven, bring the water to a boil.
• 6 add the shrimp, scallops and flounder, and simmer for 3 minutes.
• 7 drain, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid, and set the seafood aside.
• 8 in a heavy saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter over low heat.
• 9 stir in remaining 1/2 cup flour.
• 10 cook and stir constantly for 1 minute.
• 11 gradually add the milk and chicken broth plus the 1 cup reserved cooking liquid.
• 12 raise heat to medium; cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• 13 mix in the shredded cheddar cheese, sherry, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and hot sauce.
• 14 stir in cooked seafood, mushrooms and parsley.
• 15 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 16 lightly grease one 9x13 inch baking dish.
• 17 press crabmeat mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• 18 spoon the seafood mixture over the crabmeat crust, and sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.
• 19 bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 20 serve immediately.