Shellfish Crêpes in Wine-Cheese Sauce

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Yield: Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

• 1/2  cup  butter or margarine, divided
• 2  cups  chopped cooked shrimp (about 1 pound)
• 1  cup  (8 ounces) fresh crabmeat
• 2  green onions, minced
• 1/4  cup  dry vermouth*
• 1/8  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  pepper
• 1/2  tablespoon  butter or margarine, melted
• Wine-Cheese Sauce
• Crêpes
• 2  cups  (8 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
• Garnish: sliced green onions

Preparation

Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp, crabmeat, and green onions, and sauté for 1 minute. Stir in vermouth, salt, and pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, and cook 7 minutes or until most of liquid is absorbed. Remove mixture from heat, and set aside.

Drizzle 1/2 tablespoon melted butter into a 13- x 9-inch baking dish.

Stir 2 cups Wine-Cheese Sauce into shrimp mixture. Spoon about 3 tablespoons shrimp mixture down center of each Crêpe.

Roll up, and place, seam side down, in prepared dish. Spoon remaining 2 cups Wine-Cheese Sauce over Crêpes. Sprinkle with Swiss cheese, and dot with remaining 1/4 cup butter. Cover and chill for 3 hours. Let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Bake at 450° for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Garnish, if desired.