White Seafood Lasagna is ultra rich and creamy with lots of shrimp, scallops, and crab. Makes a great meal for a special occasion.
Course Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Italian, Seafood
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 9
Ingredients
9lasagna noodles
1tablespoon butter
1poundmedium uncooked shrimp,peeled and deveined
1poundbay scallops
5garlic cloves,minced
1/4cupwhite wine
1tablespoonlemon juice
1poundlump or backfin crabmeat
Cheese Sauce
4tablespoonsbutter
1/4cupall-purpose flour
3cupswhole milk
1cupshredded mozzarella cheese
1/2cupfreshly shredded Parmesan cheese
3/4teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonblack pepper
1/2teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes
pinch of nutmeg
Ricotta Mixture
1(15-ounce) cartonricotta cheese
1large egg
1cupshredded mozzarella or pepper jack cheese
1/2cupfreshly shredded Parmesan cheese
1package frozen, chopped spinach,thawed and the water squeezed out.
Topping
1cupshredded mozzarella cheese
1/4cupfreshly shredded Parmesan cheese
1tablespoonmelted butter
1/4cupdry bread crumbs
1tablespoonchopped fresh parsley
Instructions
Cook noodles accrording to package directions in salted water. Drain.
While noodles cook, cook the seafood and make the sauce.Melt butter in a large skillet. Add shrimp and cook until mostly pink. (You want them undercooked because they will cook more in the oven.)Remove shrimp and set aside.
Add the scallops to the same pan and cook very briefly. (You want them about halfway cooked.) Remove and set aside with shrimp.
Add garlic to the same pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add the wine and lemon juice and scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet.
Add crab to the skillet and return shrimp and scallops to skillet. Set aside.
To make cheese sauce, melt butter in large saucepan. Add flour and cook and stir for 1 minute.
Gradually whisk in milk. Simmer for a few minutes to thicken.Stir in mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flakes, and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together ricottta, egg, shredded mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and chopped spinach. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
Spread about 1/2 cup of cheese sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.Top with 3 noodles, half the ricotta mixture, half the seafood mixture and about 2/3 cup of cheese sauce.
Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles and remaining cheese sauce. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top.
Bake uncovered for 20 minutes. While it bakes, stir together the Parmesan cheese, melted butter and bread crumbs.After lasagna has cooked 20 minutes, sprinkle mixture on top and return to oven for 20 to 25 minutes.
Garnish with chopped fresh parsley. Let sit for 15 minutes before cutting.