Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   1      cup           mushrooms -- sliced
   2      tablespoons   butter or margarine
   2      tablespoons   onion -- chopped
     1/2                garlic clove -- pressed
   2      cups          tomatoes -- canned, drained
                        salt to taste
                        black pepper to taste
     2/3  cup           cream or half-and-half
   1      tablespoon    flour -- all-purpose
   2      tablespoons   pimiento -- diced
   2      tablespoons   red pepper -- minced
   1      pound         crabmeat -- lump, picked over
                        rice -- hot cooked
                        pastry shells

Preparation:

1. In heavy skillet, sauté mushrooms in half the butter; remove and reserve. 2. In same skillet, melt remaining butter; sauté onion and garlic until soft. 3. Add tomatoes and season to taste. 4. Stir in cream and flour, mixing until smooth; cook, stirring, until mixture thickens. 5. Add mushrooms, pimiento or red pepper and crabmeat; heat thoroughly. 6. Serve over rice or in heated pastry shells.