Christmas Seafood Lasagna

SEAFOOD LASAGNA II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Sautee garlic and mushrooms until tender. Pour in 2 jars Alfredo sauce. Stir in shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. Simmer 5 to 10 minutes, or until heated through. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta cheese, egg and pepper.
• In a 9x13 inch baking dish, layer noodles, ricotta mixture, Alfredo mixture and shredded cheese. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used, ensuring that there is shredded cheese for the top.
• Bake uncovered in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Cover, and bake 15 minutes.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in oil and 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Stir in broth and clam juice; bring to a boil. Add scallops, shrimp, crab and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; return to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque, stirring gently. Drain, reserving cooking liquid; set seafood mixture aside., In a large saucepan, melt the remaining butter; stir in flour until smooth. Combine milk and reserved cooking liquid; gradually add to the saucepan. Add salt and remaining pepper. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Remove from the heat; stir in cream and 1/4 cup cheese. Stir 3/4 cup white sauce into the seafood mixture., Preheat oven to 350°. Spread 1/2 cup white sauce in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with three noodles; spread with half of the seafood mixture and 1-1/4 cups sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles, sauce and cheese. , Bake, uncovered, at for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 15 minutes before cutting.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 2½-quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes or until onions are tender. Add wine, and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in Alfredo sauce, shredded cheese blend, and nutmeg until cheese melts. Remove from heat, and stir in shrimp, crab, and flounder. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, egg, and parsley. In bottom of prepared pan, spread ¼ cup ricotta mixture. Place 3 lasagna noodles over ricotta mixture (do not overlap noodles). Spread one-third of remaining ricotta mixture over noodles. Top with one-third of seafood mixture, and sprinkle with one-third of mozzarella. Repeat layers twice. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute onion in oil and 2 tablespoons butter for about a minute.
• Stir in broth and clam juice and bring to a boil.
• Add the uncooked scallops, uncooked shrimp, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt and return to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 4-5 minutes until the seafood is cooked, stirring every now and then.
• Drain the mixture, reserving the cooking liquid.
• Mix the drained shrimp and scallops with the imitation crab and set aside.
• In the same skillet as before, melt the remaining butter.
• Stir in flour until smooth.
• Combine milk and reserved cooking liquid and then gradually add to the butter/flour mixture.
• Add salt and remaining pepper.
• Bring to a boil and then cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Remove the heat and stir in the whipping cream and 1/4 cup of the Parmesan cheese.
• Stir 3/4 cup of the white sauce into the reserved seafood mixture.
• Spread 1/2 cup white sauce on the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2-in baking dish.
• Top with three noodles.
• Spread with half the seafood mixture.
• Top with 1 1/4 cups of the sauce.
• Repeat with another noodle, seafood, and sauce layer.
• Top with remaining noodles, sauce, and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until top is golden brown.
• Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA WITH CRAB AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain, and rinse in cold water. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a skillet, cook onion in butter over medium heat until tender. Remove from heat, and stir in cream cheese, cottage cheese, egg, basil, and salt and pepper.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the soup, milk, wine, crabmeat, and shrimp.
• Lay 3 cooked lasagna noodles on the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish. Spread 1/3 of the onion mixture over the noodles. Then spread 1/3 of the soup mixture over the onion layer. Repeat the noodle, onion, soup layers twice more. Top with Cheddar cheese and Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until heated through and bubbly.

WHITE SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook lasagna noodles according to package directions; drain., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add shrimp and scallops in batches; cook 2-4 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque. Remove from pan., Add garlic to same pan; cook 1 minute. Add wine and lemon juice, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil; cook 1-2 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half. Add crab; heat through. Stir in shrimp and scallops., For cheese sauce, melt butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in remaining cheese sauce ingredients. In a large bowl, combine ricotta mixture ingredients; stir in 1 cup cheese sauce., Spread 1/2 cup cheese sauce into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Layer with 3 noodles, half of the ricotta mixture, half of the seafood mixture and 2/3 cup cheese sauce. Repeat layers. Top with remaining noodles and cheese sauce. Sprinkle top with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese., Bake, uncovered, 40-50 minutes or until casserole is bubbly and top is golden brown. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Sprinkle with parsley.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Butter a shallow 2-quart casserole with 1 tablespoon butter.
• Combine shrimp and crab in a large mixing bowl, and toss well.
• Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling and cook the noodles according to the package directions, until just tender. Drain and set aside.
• Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in a large skillet, add onion and mushrooms and cook, stirring until softened, about 5 minutes. Add onion mixture and lemon juice to the seafood. Season with salt and pepper and toss again.
• Combine eggs, half-and-half, and Parmesan in another large bowl and stir until well blended. Add about two-thirds of the egg mixture to the seafood mixture and stir again to mix well.
• Spread about a third of the seafood mixture over the bottom of the prepared casserole. Cover with 2 of the noodles, then spread another third of the mixture over the noodles, cover with 2 more noodles, and spread the remaining mixture over the top. Cover with the last 2 noodles, pour the remaining egg mixture over the noodles and sprinkle the mozzarella evenly over the top. Bake on the center oven rack until bubbly and golden, about 35 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

CHRISTMAS SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Prepare seafood sauce. Heat oil in a large skiller over medium high heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute for 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and puree and cook for 5 more minutes. Stir in the wine, basil, fennel seeds, salt, and pepper (to taste). Simmer uncovered over medium heat for 45 minutes, stirring occaionally.
• Stir the cream into the sauce and then the pernod. Stir in all the shellfish and simer 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook the lasagna (if necessary). Also ok to use the no-pre-cook lasagna.
• To make filling, with a wooden spoon, beat the ricotta, cream cheese, and eggs in a mixing bowl until smooth. Stir in the spinach, crabmeat, red pepper, scallions, basil, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Butter a large rectangular baking pan. Spread a thin layer of the sauce without any shellfish on the bottom of the pan. Cover with a layer of noodles. Top with half the filling, then half the seafood sauce. Cover the sauce with a layer of mozzarella.
• Place another layer of noodles over the mozzarella and spread with the remaining filling. Top with another layer of mozzarella. Add a final layer of noodles and then the remaining seafood sauce. Cover with the remaining cheese.