Creole Crab

Grrrrrgh!
Course : Cajun
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 8
 

Ingredients:

1 cup mushrooms -- sliced
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons onion -- chopped
1/2 clove garlic -- pressed
2 cups tomatoes -- canned, drained
1 teaspoon salt to taste
1 teaspoon black pepper to taste
2/3 cup cream or half-and-half
1 tablespoon flour -- all-purpose
2 tablespoons pimiento -- diced
2 tablespoons red pepper -- minced
1 pound crabmeat -- lump, picked over
2 Cup rice -- hot cooked
1 package pastry shells
 

Preparation:

1. In heavy skillet, sauté mushrooms in half the butter; remove and reserve. 2. In same skillet, melt remaining butter; sauté onion and garlic until soft. 3. Add tomatoes and season to taste. 4. Stir in cream and flour, mixing until smooth; cook, stirring, until mixture thickens. 5. Add mushrooms, pimiento or red pepper and crabmeat; heat thoroughly. 6. Serve over rice or in heated pastry shells.