Grand Marnier Seafood Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
2 whole shallots, chopped
2 green onions, tops only chopped
1/2 lb raw scallops, chopped (or leave out and just add more shrimp)
1/2 lb raw cleaned shrimp, chopped
1/2 lb lump crabmeat
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon beau monde seasoning
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 ounce Grand Marnier (or other similar orange liqueur)
3 cups thin white sauce
4 cups cooked white rice
6 sliced swiss cheese, about
WHITE SAUCE
6 tablespoons butter
6 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Preparation

WHITE SAUCE: Make white sauce by melting butter over low heat in sauce pan or skillet.
Add and blend the flour over low heat 3-5 minutes.
Slowly stir in milk, cooking till thickened and smooth, about 20 minutes.
Add worcestershire sauce.
Set aside.
CASSEROLE: Preheat oven to 350.
Melt butter in your largest skillet and saute the mushrooms, shallots, and onion tops lightly.
Add the seafood, and sprinkle the lemon juice over it.
Add seasonings and Grand Marnier.
Simmer about 10 minutes.
Add white sauce and combine.
Layer half the rice in a 13x9 glass casserole dish.
Add half the seafood mixture on top of the rice.
Repeat.
Top with cheese, and bake 30 minutes or until bubbly.