With ingredients that are readily sourced, a recipe that is straightforward & easy to prepare and with a final product that accommodates a wide range of palates….. this one is a proverbial no-brainer for the holiday season.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 12 Large White Mushrooms
  • 1 ½ sticks of butter
  • Juice from 1 Lemon
  • 1 cup Italian Bread Crumbs
  • 8 ounces crabmeat
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce (tabasco or other)
  • Parsley for garnish

Hollandaise Sauce Topping

  • 1 pack Knorr’s Hollandaise Sauce
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ stick of butter

Steps to Make The Dish

  • Heat the oven to 375 F.
  • Wash and clean the mushrooms, removing stems and gills
  • In a medium saucepan melt the butter, Brush a little melted butter over mushroom caps (reserve remaining melted butter).
  • Spray a shallow baking dish (about 8-inch square, or one which will fit mushrooms in one layer or cupcake pan works great) with nonstick cooking spray, or grease the pan with
  • butter.
  • Combine the crab, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, hot sauce and remaining melted butter until all blended. Be careful not to completely break up all of the crab.
  • Fill the mushrooms, mounding the stuffing in each cap.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the crab stuffing is browned and mushroom caps are tender.
  • While mushrooms are baking prepare Hollandaise sauce according to package directions.
  • When the mushrooms are done, top each mushroom with Hollandaise, a dash of your favorite hot sauce and a sprinkle of parsley.

This recipe is just one of three holiday appetizer dishes Old Salt has created for you this season. Check out our Minorcan Clam Chowder and our Seared Yellowfin Tuna Nuggets as well.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays and tight lines. Bon Appétit