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Texas Star Crabmeat Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 pound Lump crabmeat
- 1/4 cup Lemon juice (juice of 3 -- lemons)
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 cup Butter or margarine
- 2 1/2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups Milk
- 1/2 teaspoon Garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Celery salt
- 1 teaspoon Parsley flakes
- 1 cup Grated Cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons White wine - optional
- 6 cups Cooked wild rice OR Uncle -- Ben's Wild Rice Mix
- 6 ounces Can sliced mushrooms -- drained
Instructions:
SOURCE; More Tastes & Tales from Texas with love by Peg Hein,
copyright
1987, Sixth Printing, Oct. 1991, ISBN #0-9612881-1-0. From Ursula
R. Taylor who got this from Robbie Shelton in the Oct. 1995 cookbook
swap
on Delphi - Cust 229.
Combine crabmeat, lemon juice and salt in a medium bowl and refrigerate
while preparing sauce.
Melt butter or margarine in a medium saucepan. Add flour, stir
and cook
for about 1 minute. Add milk slowly, stirring constantly, and
cook until
sauce thickens. Add seasonings, cheese and wine (optional).
Stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Drain crabmeat,
add to
sauce and heat until bubbly.
Layer cooked wild rice in bottom of a lightly oiled 2 quart casserole
dish. Pour crabmeat and sauce over rice. Top with mushroom slices
and
bake at 350~ for about 30 minutes or until lightly browned.
Serve
with a
crisp green salad and crunchy rolls.
