Crab-stuffed Flounder (or sole)

Ingredients:
¼ cup onions, chopped
¼ cup celery, chopped
¼ cup sweet red peppers, chopped
4 tbsp butter or margarine
¼ lb crab meat picked over and flaked
½ cup soft bread crumbs
3 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
Few drops liquid red pepper seasoning
4 small flounder (or sole) fillets about 4 oz. each
Paprika

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter small shallow baking dish. Sauté onion, celery and red peppers in tbsp butter in saucepan until soft, about 2 minutes. Mix in crab meat, breadcrumbs, 1 tsp lemon juice, salt, pepper and red pepper seasoning. Place fillets skin side up. Mound crab mixture in centre of fillets. Overlap ends of fillets over top of stuffing. Fasten with wooden picks. Place in prepared dish. Melt remaining 2 tbsp of butter in small saucepan, stir in lemon juice. Pour over fish, sprinkle with paprika. Bake in prepare oven at 350°F for 18 – 20 minutes or until fish flakes when pierced with fork. Garnish with lemon wedges and parsley and serve with rice, if you wish.
Makes 4 servings