Heavenly Rich Seafood Lasagna

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.

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:

• Heat the butter in a pan.
• Add the seafood and saute until cooked, just a few minutes and set the seafood aside.
• Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minutes.
• Add the white wine and lemon juice, deglaze the pan, and simmer to reduce by half.
• Add the seafood and toss to coat.
• Melt the butter in a large sauce pan.
• Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
• Add the flour and stir while cooking for a few minutes.
• Slowly whisk in the milk and simmer until it thickens.
• Remove from the heat and mix in the parmigiano reggiano, salt and pepper and dill.
• Mix the ricotta, spinach, egg, parmigiano reggiano, mozzarella and a cup of the white sauce.
• Pour 1/4 cup of the white sauce over the bottom of an 8 inch square baking dish.
• Add a layer of noodles.
• Add a layer of half of the cheese mixture.
• Add a layer of noodles.
• Add a layer of all of the seafood and pour a cup of the white sauce over it.
• Add a layer of noodles.
• Add a layer of the remaining cheese mixture.
• Add a final layer of noodles.
• Pour 1/2 cup of the white sauce over the noodles and top with the parmigiano reggiano and mozzarella.
• Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until bubbling on the sides and golden brown on top, about 45-60 minutes.

CREAMY SEAFOOD LASAGNE

Steps:

• Make your dough first. Place the flour on a board or in a bowl and make a well in the centre. Beat the egg until smooth, then pour it into the well.
• Using the tips of your fingers, gradually mix the egg with the flour until combined. Knead the bits of dough into one smooth lump. You can also do this step in a food processor - just whiz the flour and egg until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Tip onto a work surface and bring together with your hands.
• Knead the dough to develop the gluten; this makes your pasta springy instead of flabby when you cook it. There's no secret to kneading - you just have to bash the dough around a bit with your hands, squashing it into the table, reshaping it, stretching it and squashing it again. Stop when your pasta starts to feel smooth and silky.
• Wrap in clingfilm and put in the fridge to rest for at least 30 minutes.
• It's not the end of the world if you haven't got a pasta machine, just use your rolling pin. The problem you'll have is getting the pasta thin enough to work with. The way around this is to roll lots of small pieces. You'll be rolling your pasta into a more circular shape than you'll get from a machine.
• If using a machine, make sure it's firmly clamped to a clean, long work surface. Dust the surface with flour, then take a lump of dough the size of a large orange and press it out flat with your fingertips.
• Set the pasta machine at its widest setting and roll the dough through it. Lightly dust the pasta with flour if it sticks. Click the machine down a setting and roll the dough through again.
• Fold the dough in half, click the machine back up to the widest setting and roll it through again. Repeat 5 or 6 times.
• Work the dough through all the machine's settings, from the widest to the narrowest. Lightly dust both sides of the dough with flour every time you run it through. When you reach the narrowest setting, fold the dough in half, then in half again, then once more into a squarish piece of dough.
• Turn it 90 degrees and feed it through the machine at the widest setting. As you roll through the settings for the last time, you should get a silky, rectangular sheet of pasta with straight edges.
• For the lasagne sheets needed in this recipe, keep rolling the pasta until it's somewhere between the thickness of a beer mat and a playing card.
• Cut the pasta into 6 sheets of 8cm x 30cm, and cut the rest into 8cm x 12cm sheets. It dries faster than you might think, so don't wait more than a minute or two to cut it. Lay a damp tea towel on top of the pasta to help prevent it drying out.
• Preheat the oven to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
• For the béchamel sauce, place the milk and saffron in a saucepan and bring almost to the boil.
• In a second pan, melt 75g of the butter. Stir in the flour to make a paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the hot milk to the pan, a ladleful at a time, whisking as you go.
• Gently bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for around 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick, smooth sauce. Finely grate and stir in most of the Parmesan and season well.
• Scrub and debeard the mussels, discarding any that remain open when tapped. Halve the sole fillets lengthways, then thinly slice the salmon.
• Melt the remaining butter in a large, deep frying pan. Peel, finely slice and fry the garlic over a medium heat for 1 minute, or until golden.
• Add the rosemary sprigs and anchovies to the pan and fry for a few more minutes, or until the anchovies have dissolved.
• Add the mussels, shake the pan and cook, covered, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the mussels have all opened (throw away any that haven't after this time).
• Turn off the heat, then remove the mussels from their shells, putting the meat back into the pan (discard the shells). Stir to coat in the garlicky juices, discard the rosemary sprigs, then stir the mussel mixture through the béchamel sauce.
• Grease 6 individual baking dishes (measuring about 12cm x 16cm each) with a little oil and bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.
• Cook the sheets of pasta, a few pieces at a time, for about 1 minute. Remove with tongs and spread over a clean tea towel to drain.
• To assemble, place a long sheet of lasagne across each dish so that it overhangs the sides. Add a mixed layer of lemon sole and salmon, then spoon over a layer of the béchamel. Top with a smaller rectangle of pasta.
• Repeat until you get to the last of the béchamel sauce, then fold over the overhanging pasta to enclose. Top each lasagne with a king prawn, then scatter over the remaining Parmesan. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden and bubbling at the edges. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

SEAFOOD LASAGNA I

Steps:

• Cook lasagna noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium size saucepan over medium heat melt butter or margarine, stir in flour and let flour brown slightly. Stir in milk, stirring constantly until sauce thickens. Add the parmesan cheese to the sauce and stir well.
• In a 9x13 baking pan spread a thin layer of white sauce, followed by a layer of cooked lasagna noodles. Place 1/4 of the shrimp, 1/4 of the crabmeat and 1 cup mozzarella cheese on top of the lasagna noodles. Repeat three times, making four layers. Top the final layer with sauce and remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 45 minutes or until top is brown.

RETRO RECIPE: SEAFOOD LASAGNA (REVISED DECEMBER 2018)

Steps:

• Generously butter bottom and sides of 11x13 inch glass pyrex casserole dish and if using dried pasta noodles, cook as directed on the side of the box; drain well and toss with a little olive oil to avoid sticking while making the remainder of the dish. If using frozen or fresh flat pasta, no need to cook.
• Cover prepared bottom of 11x13 inch casserole dish with pasta noodles and pre-heat oven to 350°F if baking (I often make ahead and freeze, then bake another day)
• Saute onion in butter; add cream cheese, basil, salt and pepper and turn off heat when cream cheese is partially melted continuing to stir until cheese is fully melted via the retained heat of the pan
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix eggs into cottage cheese, then add to onion mixture and stir well to fulling incorporate all ingredients (There will be a little over 5 1/2 cups)
• Spread half cheese mixture (2 3/4 cups) over first layer of pasta noodles and cover with another layer of noodles
• In large bowl place mushroom soup with wine or vermouth and stir well to combine
• Strain crabmeat and shrimp to ensure all liquid is dispelled; pat shrimp dry and combine in medium bowl
• Add flour to crab/shrimp mixture, stir to combine, then add to larger bowl with mushroom/vermouth and mix together
• Place half seafood mixture (about 2 1/2 cups) over the second layer of pasta noodles and spread to cover evenly
• Repeat layers, starting with noodles and ending with seafood
• Sprinkle top with Parmesan and bake or freeze
• Leave uncovered, bake at 350°F for 75 minutes, checking every 30 minutes and cover with foil to avoid over-browning, if necessary
• After 60 minutes in the oven, add cheddar cheese to cover casserole; bake remaining 15 minutes until melted
• Remove from oven and rest 20 to 30 minutes to enable slicing without oozing, lightly tented with foil
• Slice into generous slabs, serve with a crisp green salad and enjoy!
• Wrap well with plastic wrap, cover with foil and freeze, clearly dated and labelled
• Also freezes well sliced and well wrapped in individual portions, after baked

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:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Prepare a 9x12 oven-proof baking dish with olive oil or non-stick spray, reserve.
• Cook the noodles according to the package directions. Transfer the drained noodles to a large plate or baking sheet that has been lined with plastic wrap. Cover with another sheet of plastic wrap to keep them from drying out. (see notes)
• Heat the milk in a saucepan and keep it warm while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
• Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the flour to the butter, and cook stirring, until the flour is well incorporated, about 4 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in the hot milk. Mix well and bring to a boil. Cook until the sauce becomes thick, about 10 minutes. Stir in the nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Remove the sauce from the heat and drizzle a little olive oil on top to keep it from forming a skin. Set aside until needed.
• Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and garlic and cook just until the garlic is fragrant.
• Add the shrimp, scallops (and their liquid, if any), cod and salmon. Cook just until the shrimp begins to turn pink.
• Add the reserved béchamel sauce and bring just to a boil, gently mixing the sauce with the seafood. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
• Add 1/4 cup of the seafood sauce to the bottom of the dish.
• Arrange 1/3 of the noodles on the sauce, cutting to fit the dish. Spoon 1/4 of the seafood sauce on the pasta then 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
• Repeat with the remaining layers, finishing with mozzarella cheese then sprinkle the parsley on top.
• Bake until heated through, about 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes before serving.

SEAFOOD LASAGNE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190C 375F, gas mark 5
• Melt butter in a large saucepan and saute onion and celery for 5 mins stirring occasionally until softened slightly. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. Gradually stir in milk, cream and white wine until sauce has thickened. Stir in lemon rind and juice and season to taste.
• Add carrots and simmer for 5 minutes
• Put one third of the sauce into a separate saucepan and set aside. Add all fish and dill into the remaining sauce and simmer gently for 6 minutes. Then stir in half the cheese.
• Put 3 sheets of pasta into base of large ovenproof dish. Spoon over half the fish mixture. Put 3 sheets of pasta ontop and cover with remaining fish mixture.
• Top with last 3 sheets of past and spread with the saved sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake for 35 - 40 minutes until golden

SEAFOOD LASAGNE "A LA FRANCAISE"

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a skillet heat 2 tablespoons of butter. When hot add shallots, carrots and celery, cover and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and crab and saute, stirring continuously for 3 to 4 minutes or until seafood is just cooked through. Stir in Cognac and evaporate over high heat. Stir in tomatoes and cook 10 minutes, uncovered, or until mixture is quite thick. Remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Make a roux: Melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter and add 4 tablespoons flour. Whisk in cream and milk and simmer five minutes or until thick. Remove from heat and stir in 1/2 cup of the gruyere cheese; season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg Cut the pasta sheets into strips 3 to 4 inches wide and long enough to fit into your gratin or baking dish. Boil, a few sheets at a time until 3/4 done. Drain and cool on clean cloths. Generously butter 3 quart capacity baking pan. Spread a thin film of cream sauce over bottom of baking dish. Arrange a layer of 4 overlapping sheets of lasagne. Spread a thin film of cream sauce over pasta, then seafood mixture. Top with pasta and repeat, reserving 1/3 cup of cream sauce for top layer. Finish with a layer of pasta, cream sauce and remaining 1/4 cup of gruyere. Bake, loosely covered with foil for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes or until hot throughout and only slightly golden on top. Let stand in pan for 5 minutes then serve.

SEAFOOD LASAGNE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/365F/Gas 4.
• Place the milk, bay leaves and garlic into a pan over a medium heat and bring to scalding point (just before boiling point), then remove from heat.
• Melt the butter in a separate pan over a low heat, then stir in the flour and cook 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly (don't let it turn brown).
• Remove the bay leaves and garlic from the milk, then add a little of the milk to the flour and butter mixture. Stir to make a paste and cook out for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Gradually add splashes of milk, stirring constantly, until a thick, smooth sauce has formed.
• Gradually add the rest of the milk, adding a little at a time and bringing to the boil before adding more milk. Repeat until all the milk has been added. Take off the heat, add the mustard and season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Place a spoonful or two of the sauce into a greased ovenproof dish to just cover the bottom. Cover with a couple of lasagne sheets.
• Stir the tarragon, fish, seafood and spinach to the remaining sauce and stir until well combined.
• Spoon some of the fish sauce mixture onto the llasagne sheets and top with another layer of lasagne sheets. Repeat this layering of fish sauce mixture and lasagne until all of the sauce and pasta have been used up. The final layer should be lasagne sheets.
• Sprinkle the top with the cheddar cheese and parmesan, then transfer to the oven to bake for 40 minutes, or until the fish is cooked and the topping is golden-brown.
• Serve at the table in its dish with a bowl of green salad and some garlic bread.

HEAVENLY RICH SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Put 3 lasagna noodles in 9'x13' pan Saute onion and mushrooms in butter til soft.
• Add cream cheese cottage cheese, egg, basil,salt and pepper Spread 1/3 of this mixture over noodles.
• Mix soup,milk and wine together, stir in fish.
• Spoon 1/3 of this on cheese layer.
• Repeat layers.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Top with mozzarella.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.