Recipe

Stuffed Mushrooms with Cream Cheese and Crab

Summary

Yield
Servings

Description: 

Great as a starter, snack or even a main dish.

Preparation time: 

30 minutes

Ingredients: 

1 pound large mushrooms
1 1⁄2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 tablespoons butter
1⁄4 cup onion (minced)
1 can crab meat (drained (6oz))
1⁄2 cup cream cheese (softened (UK:soft cheese))
1 egg (lightly beaten)
2 cups bread crumbs (fresh)
2 tablespoons parsley (fresh chopped)
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper (ground)
1⁄4 cup pine nuts (toasted)

Instructions: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

2. Clean mushrooms and remove stems. Chop enough stem to yield one cup. Use a pastry brush to brush the caps with vegetable oil.

3. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter or margarine. Add chopped stems and onion to the hot butter. Saute the mixture for 4 minutes, remove it from the heat and let cool.

4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mushroom-onion mixture, crabmeat, cream cheese, egg, 1 cup bread crumbs, parsley, pine nuts, salt, and pepper. Spoon the mixture into the mushroom caps. Arrange the caps on the prepared cookie sheet.

5. In a small skillet, melt the remaining butter and add the remaining bread crumbs to the melted butter. Once the bread crumbs are coated lightly sprinkle them over the mushroom caps.

6. Bake for 15 minutes.

Source: 

Submitted by Courtney

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