1 lb Fresh crab meat 1/4 lb Fresh mushrooms, sliced, or 1 large can of mushrooms (stems and pieces) 2 T Butter (to saute fresh Mushrooms) 2 T Butter 2 T Flour 1/2 c Milk 1/2 c White wine 1/2 ts Dry mustard 1/4 ts Dry tarragon Salt to taste Pepper to taste Hot sauce to taste 3/4 c Bread crumbs Pull crab meat apart and remove stiff membrances. Saute mushrooms in butter. (If mushrooms not fresh, add later.) Make a cream sauce blending melted butter, flour and milk, wine, mustard, tarragon, salt, pepper and hot sauce. Cook 2 or 3 minutes, then add crab meat and mushrooms. Place in casserole; sprinkle top with bread crumbs and dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes uncovered. Cover before serving. This can also be made with shrimp, or crab meat and shrimp.
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