Ingredients

  • 24 large white mushrooms
  • 2 tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 1 cup finely shredded Swiss cheese
  • 1 can salad crab meat, cartiledge removed, drained - reserve juice
  • 4 tablespoons dry white wine
  • (Cooking wine may be substituted)
  • 3 tbsp. margarine or butter
  • 3 rounded tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • Milk - see below for amount
  • 1 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
  • Pinch of nutmeg

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Wipe mushrooms with a paper towel and remove stems. Set stems aside.
  • In a 13x9 in glass baking pan, melt the first 2 tablespoons of butter, tip pan so melted butter covers bottom. Arrange mushrooms flat side down in pan.
  • Cut ends off mushroom stems and chop finely. Melt the 3 tbsp. butter or margarine in a medium saucepan. Saute mushroom stems in butter over medium-low heat until just soft.
  • Add the 3 tbsp. flour, and blend well. Remove pan from heat.
  • Pour reserved juice from crab and white wine into a 2 cup measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1 1/2 cups. Slowly add to flour mixture in pan, stirring constantly. Return pan to medium heat, and stir constantly until mixture thickens. Add the Parmesan cheese, nutmeg and 1/3 cup of the shredded Swiss and stir to blend.
  • Fill mushroom cups with the crab mixture. Sprinkle with remaining Swiss cheese and bake
  • for 25-30 minutes or until cheese just starts to turn light brown. Serve hot.