Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  cup           butter
   1      cup           sliced scallion
   5      tablespoons   flour
   2 1/2  cups          chicken stock
     1/2  cup           clam juice
     1/2  cup           white wine
     1/2  cup           heavy cream
     1/2  teaspoon      basil -- dried, -=or=-
   1      teaspoon      - chopped fresh basil
   3      cups          cooked crab and shrimp mixed
     1/2  cup           grated parmesan or Romano
   1      cup           sliced mushrooms
   1      large         garlic clove -- minced
   8      ounces        vermicelli -- broken into 2"
                        -- length
                        cooked and drained
                        salt
                        freshly ground pepper

Preparation:

Heat a large skillet and add 1/4 cup butter. When foam subsides, sauté scallions until soft, then stir in flour, coating well. Whisk in stock, clam juice, wine, cream basil and seafood, then stir in 1/4 cup cheese and set aside. Sauté mushrooms in the remaining butter. Add garlic, cooking to aroma; combine with seafood mixture and season with salt and pepper. Add pasta and mix well. Pour into a buttered 9 X 13 baking dish and top with remaining cheese. Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 15 minutes.