Portabella Mushrooms Topped With Crab Imperial A La John Shields

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 32 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 tablespoons butter (3/4 stick)
• 4 portabella mushrooms, 4-inch diameter (or 16-20 medium mushrooms, stemmed)
• 1/4 cup dry sherry
• 2 tablespoons green bell peppers, diced
• 2 tablespoons red bell peppers, diced (or 2 tablespoons pimento)
• 1/2 cup mushroom, chopped
• 3/4 cup light mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon capers, drained and chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
• 1 lb lump crabmeat, picked over
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 pinch paprika
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 saute mushrooms:.
• 3 melt the butter in a skillet large enough to hold your mushrooms at one time. saute the mushroom caps for 5 minutes, or until barely tender.
• 4 pour in the sherry, turn up the heat, and reduce the liquid by half.
• 5 remove from the heat and let cool.
• 6 meanwhile line a baking/broiling tray with aluminum foil. place the mushroom caps on the tray, reserving the butter/sherry liquid in the skillet.
• 7 make crab mixture:.
• 8 saute the bell peppers and mushrooms in the reserved butter/sherry liquid until soft. set aside.
• 9 combine the mayonnaise, mustard, worcestershire, tabasco, capers, pepper, and chesapeake seasoning in a small bowl and mix well. add the sauteed peppers and mushrooms.
• 10 place the crabmeat in a mixing bowl and pour the seasoned mayonnaise mixture over it. toss gently.
• 11 spoon the crabmeat mixture on top of the mushroom caps (already on the aluminum-foil-lined trays).
• 12 bake at 350 degrees fahrenheit for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 13 make imperial topping:.
• 14 meanwhile, combine all imperial topping ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
• 15 preheat the broiler.
• 16 spoon the topping evenly over each mound of crabmeat.
• 17 broil for 1 to 2 minutes, or until nicely browned. (if broiler is unavailable, brown the top in the oven. it will take a bit longer.).
• 18 serve immediately. serves 4.