Daisy's Seafood Casserole

Ingredients

• 4 cups mashed potatoes, mashed with
• butter, and
• milk, and
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 2-3 cups mixed seafood, cut into like sized pieces (i.e. shrimp, scallops, clams, crab meat, a haddock or cod fillet, use what you have on hand)
• 1 cup diced green onion
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• salt and pepper
• paprika (to garnish)

Directions

1. 1

   Cook and mash enough potatoes to make about 4 cups. Add about 2 tablespoons butter, 1/2 cup milk and 1 cup cheddar cheese while potatoes are hot. Set aside.

2. 2

   Heat oven to 350°F.

3. 3

   Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large frying pan.

4. 4

   Add diced green onions, garlic and mushrooms and saute on med./low heat until onions and mushrooms are cooked through.

5. 5

   Add the other 2 tablespoons butter to pan and melt.

6. 6

   When it has melted add the 2 tablespoons flour and stir the flour into the mushrooms and green onions.

7. 7

   Add the cup of milk and stir until the milk starts to thicken.

8. 8

   Add the 1/2 cup of wine and keep stirring.

9. 9

   Add the worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and salt and pepper.

10. 10

    Add the parsely and stir.

11. 11

    Pour seafood mix into a deep casserole dish and top with the mashed potatoes around the edges of the dish leaving a space in the centre uncovered.

12. 12

    Sprinkle potatoes with paprika.

13. 13

    Bake for 45 minute to a hour until centre is bubbling.

14. 14

    Remove from oven and serve.

15. 15

    A nice garden salad with a raspberry vinigrette dressing goes well with this dish.