Alaska Dungeness Crab Newburg |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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The Alaska dungeness crab, cancer magister, is one of Alaska's fine quality seafood resources. One of the family of crustaceans, it is widely found throughout many of Alaska's icy waters. A versatile delicacy, succulent Alaska dungeness crab has a distinctive, almost sweet flavor and very tender, flaky white meat. Ingredients:
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 |
Directions:
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.
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