Herbed Seafood Crepes With Mornay Sauce Recipes

CRAB AND SHRIMP CREPES WITH MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Make crepes---------.
• Combine all ingredients (except for cooking oil) for crepes in a bowl and blend with a whisk until smooth.
• Cover batter and set aside for 30 minutes.
• Heat cooking oil in pan.
• Add 2 tablespoons of batter and cook until lightly browned on bottom side (about 1 1/2 minutes).
• Turn and cook other side.
• Repeat with remaining batter.
• Place crepes between pieces of waxed paper to keep from sticking together.
• Set aside.
• Prepare crepe mixture and Mornay Sauce Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• For Mornay sauce-----------.
• In a small saucepan, melt butter and blend in Flour.
• Stir in milk.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens.
• Add cheese and blend well.
• Add egg yolk mixture and blend well.
• Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• For Crepe mixture----------.
• Butter a large shallow baking dish.
• In a skillet melt 4 tablespoons of butter and sauté onions and mushrooms until tender.
• Stir in seafood.
• Add 3/4 cup of Mornay Sauce, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Stir together until heated through.
• Spoon 2 tablespoons of mixture into middle of crepe and roll up.
• Place seam side down in buttered baking dish.
• Repeat with remaining crepes.
• Top with remaining sauce and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 15 minutes until sauce is warm and bubbly.

SEAFOOD MORNAY - GOOD CREPE FILLER

Steps:

• Soak (or defrost) the scallops in the milk for an hour. Then remove scallops from the milk and save the milk for your mornay.
• Chop up the fish, prawn flesh, scallops and shallots.
• Using oil pan fry the fish, remove and set aside, the prawns, remove and set aside, the scallops, remove and set aside and the shallots.
• In a separate pan, to make the mornay sauce, add butter and melt, stir in about 4-5 tablespoons of flour and mix into a paste. Slowly add the milk mixing as you go.
• Continue to stir until heating towards a boil and start adding the cheese to thicken.
• Add white wine, continue stirring and add the shallots and the cooked seafood. Stir through to blend the flavours.
• Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Serve over cooked steamed rice.