Stuffed Red Snapper
Ingredients
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 cup melted butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup crabmeat
- 1/2 cup shrimp
- 4 drops hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon mustard
- 1 tablespoon salt and pepper, mixed
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 large red snapper or 4 -12 oz red snappers
Instructions
Make a roux of hot water, butter and eggs in heavy pan. Add flour, stir until thick and smooth over medium heat (about 15 minutes). In frying pan, saute celery, onion, bay leaf, crabmeat, shrimp, hot sauce, mustard, salt and pepper in additional butter. Add roux to sauce mixture, simmer 5 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add wine. Stuff snapper. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40-60 minutes. Serves 4
