Looking for a special Valentine’s Day meal to create a special surprise dinner for your husband? This is THE one. It is seriously, yum-oh.  Be sure to prepare extra for freezing, as it freezes extremely well.  Make it earlier in the day, and reheat it for a late, couple’s only dinner.  Decorate the table with special touches, and light a set of tapered candles.  Romantic, special, and memorable!

Crabmeat Stuffed Flounder

¼ of a cup chopped onion

¼ of cup butter  (this is for the stuffing)

1 – 3 ounce can of broiled, chopped mushrooms

7 ½ ounce can of crab meat

½ of a cup of saltine crackers, crumbled

2 Tablespoons Parsley

½  Tablespoon of Paprika

½  Teaspoon salt, dash of pepper

2 pounds of Flounder fillets

3 Tablespoons Butter (this is for the sauce)

3 Tablespoons of Flour

¼ Teaspoon of salt

milk

1/3 of a cup of dry white wine

4 ounces shredded swiss cheese

Cook onion and butter in a skillet.

Stir drained mushroom in with flaked crabmeat, crackers, parsley, salt and pepper.

Spread stuffing mixture over flounder fillets, and roll them tightly.

Place stuffed fish seam side down, in a baking dish.

In saucepan, melt 3 Tablespoons butter.

Blend flour with salt, and stir into the butter mixture, well.

Add enough milk to the mixture to make approx. 1 ½ cups.

Add wine to sauce.

Cook and continuously stir until the mixture thickens.

Pour over the fillets.

Place dish in a 400 degree oven, for 25 minutes.

Remove from oven, sprinkle swiss cheese and paprika over the fillets, and return to oven to bake 10 minutes longer.

Serves 8. 

(Except in my house. Then it serves 2, on a lucky day. )