Ingredients

  • 3/4 c. butter
  • 3/4 c. flour
  • 3 c. milk
  • 8 oz. Swiss Gruyere cheese
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
  • 3 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. dry mustard
  • 3 tsp. lemon juice
  • 2 tsp. tomato paste
  • 1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 lb. raw scallops
  • 1 lb. cooked, cleaned shrimp
  • 1/2 lb. imitation crab meat

Method

  • Make a cream sauce in the top of a double boiler using butter, flour and milk.
  • Cut cheese into small pieces.
  • Add to sauce. Cook and stir until cheese melts.
  • Add garlic powder, salt, mustard, tomato paste and 2 teaspoons lemon juice.
  • Poach scallops for about 10 minutes in water to which you have added 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
  • Add 1/2 cup of the broth to cream sauce.
  • Saute mushrooms in a small amount of butter and add to sauce.
  • Drain scallops.
  • Add to sauce.
  • Add shrimp to sauce.
  • Add imitation crab meat to sauce.
  • Heat 10 to 15 minutes.