Alaska Dungeness Crab Newburg - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sliced mushrooms
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
3 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups half-and-half or 1 1/2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 cup alaska dungeness crabmeat, thawed if necessary
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 dash cayenne pepper
salt
patty shells or toast points
paprika

Preparation

Saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Stir in flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add half-and-half; cook and stir about 5 minutes or until thickened. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into yolks; return to hot mixture.
Stir in crab, sherry and cayenne; salt to taste. Cook and stir until crab is thoroughly heated. Serve in patty shells; sprinkle with paprika.