Spinach-Cheese Puffs
1 each 10-oz package frozen chopped 1 cup Milk 1/2 cup Margarine or butter (1 stick 1 teaspoon Salt 1 cup All-purpose flour 4 each Large eggs 1/4 pound Gruyere or swiss cheese (shredded) 1/2 cup Grated parmesan cheese Parsley -- beet or salad green
Drain spinach; squeeze dry with paper towels. In 3-quart saucepan over medium heat, heat milk, margarine or butter, and salt until margarine melts and mixture boils. Remove saucepan from heat. With wooden spoon, vigorously stir in flour all at once until mixture forms a ball and leaves side of saucepan. Add eggs to flour mixture, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is smooth and satiny. Stir in Gruyere and parmesan cheeses and spinach. If not baking right away, cover surface of mixture with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets. Drop batter by level tablespoons onto cookie sheets, about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until cheese puffs are golden brown. Arrange appetizer and garnish on platter; serve immediately. MAKES 4 DOZEN CHEESE PUFFS.
Stuffed Mushrooms With Crabmeat
12 each Large Mushrooms 1 each Env. Vegetable Soup Mix 6 ounces Frozen Crab Meat * 1/2 cup Sour Cream or Plain Yogurt 3 tablespoons Plain Dry Bread Crumbs 1 tablespoon Snipped Fresh Dill ** Dashes Hot Pepper Sauce 1/8 teaspoon Pepper 2 tablespoons Butter Or Margarine -- Melted
** Substitution: 1 t Dried Dill Weed. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove and finely chop mushroom stems. In medium bowl, combine chopped mushroom stems, vegetable recipe soup mix, crabmeat, sour cream or plain yougurt, bread crumbs, dill, hot pepper sauce, and pepper. Set aside. On lightly greased baking sheet, arrange mushroom caps; stuff with crabmeat mixture, then brush with butter. Bake 15 minutes or until tender. Makes about 12 appetizers.
MAKE AHEAD DIRECTIONS; Mushrooms can be partially prepared up to 1 day ahead. Simply prepare and stuff as above. Cover and refrigerate. To serve, brush with butter then bake as above.
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