Recipe

Crab Mornay Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Greekgirrrl / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago I know that this dish was popular in the 80's. My mom used to make this and serve those little Melba toasts that were so popular at the time. I like the presentation better with the puff pastry shells. You can substitute shrimp, if you prefer. Prep:15m Cook:15m Servings:6	Greekgirrrl
	creamy warm delicious crabrich swiss cheese easy

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Ingredients

1 to 1-1/4 pounds fresh or frozen cooked crab legs (1-1/2 cups cooked crabmeat)

1 10-ounce package (6) frozen pastry shells

1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

1 small leek, sliced, or 1/2 cup sliced green onion

1 clove garlic, minced

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Dash white pepper

2 cups half-and-half, light cream, or milk

1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese (2 ounces)

1/2 cup shredded process Swiss cheese (2 ounces)

2 tablespoons dry sherry

Fresh chives (optional)

Fresh thyme (optional)

Directions

Thaw crab, if frozen. (Ask your butcher to crack fresh crab legs for you. Otherwise, use kitchen shears to crack them open.) Remove crabmeat from shells and cut up. Set aside.

Bake pastry shells according to package directions.

In a medium saucepan cook mushrooms, leek or green onion, and garlic in butter until tender but not brown.

Stir in flour and white pepper.

Add half-and-half, light cream, or milk all at once.

Cook and stir until mixture is thickened and bubbly; cook and stir for 1 minute more.

Reduce heat.

Add natural Swiss cheese and process Swiss cheese to cream mixture; stir until melted.

Stir in crabmeat and dry sherry.

Heat through; do not boil.

Serve immediately in pastry shells.

Garnish with fresh chives and thyme, if desired.

Makes 6 servings.

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Comments

uk2nyc 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I love crab meat! Sounds wonderful!

wynnebaer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
I don't care for shellfish so I've never had crab but this recipe sounds delicious..I might be missing out on something...Could you suggest a substitute for the crab...Would chicken work?

wolfpackjack 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Sounds really good, thanks for the post, saved this one...dave

cheryilyn 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Sounds great. i would think chicken would work with this or just a vegetarian version with more mushrooms should work.

knoxcop 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Oh, my! This sounds absolutely divine. Would be a wonderful romantic addition to a petite filet plate. On my list to try for sure. Thanks,--Kn0x--