Description
🦐 Enjoy a creamy and indulgent seafood lasagna featuring rich white sauce and fresh herbs.
🍋 This recipe blends tender shellfish and smooth cheeses for a flavorful and elegant meal perfect for special occasions.
Ingredients
– 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
– 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
– 8 ounces clam juice
– 3 cups whole milk
– 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
– 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
– 1 pound dried lasagna noodles
– Olive oil for coating noodles
– 1/2 bunch fresh parsley
– 1/2 medium lemon for juice
– 4 cloves garlic
– 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
– 1/2 cup dry white wine
– 1 pound tiny raw peeled and cleaned shrimp
– 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt divided use – 1/4 tsp here, 1 tsp in ricotta
– 3 cups part-skim ricotta cheese
– 1 1/2 ounces finely grated Parmesan cheese
– 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
– 8 ounces lump crab meat
– 8 ounces cooked and chopped lobster meat
– 1 pound low-moisture shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
1-Getting Started with Prep Work: First, prepare all seafood by cleaning and chopping it into bite-sized pieces, and preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) to get things going smoothly. Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until they turn translucent, then add crushed tomatoes and let them simmer for about 10 minutes to build a flavorful base. Gently cook the seafood in a separate pan until it’s just done, taking care not to overcook it for the best texture.
2-Next, whip up the béchamel sauce by melting butter in a pan, whisking in flour, and gradually adding milk until it thickens nicely. For the assembly, start layering in a baking dish with sauce, seafood, béchamel, and lasagna sheets, repeating the layers until you finish with béchamel and cheeses on top. Bake in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes until it’s golden and bubbly, then let it rest for 10 minutes before serving to make slicing easier.
3-Here’s how the full directions from the recipe fit in: Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in the middle position. For the cream sauce, melt butter in a saucepan, whisk in flour and toast it lightly, then gradually whisk in clam juice and milk while seasoning with salt and pepper; simmer until thickened.
4-Cook lasagna noodles in salted boiling water until al dente, drain, rinse with cool water, coat with olive oil, and arrange on a baking sheet. For the seafood sauté, chop parsley and garlic, juice the lemon, melt butter in a skillet, cook garlic until golden, add white wine and boil until reduced, then add shrimp and cook until pink; remove from heat and stir in parsley, lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt before adjusting seasoning. Mix ricotta with Parmesan, the remaining 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper in a bowl for the ricotta mixture.
5-Assemble by layering cream sauce, noodles, ricotta mixture, half the seafood, and mozzarella in a baking dish; repeat layers and finish with noodles, cream sauce, and remaining mozzarella. Cover with foil sprayed with cooking spray and bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes until bubbly and golden; let cool for at least 15 minutes before slicing and garnish with parsley.
Notes
🧀 Use a creamy white sauce to complement seafood instead of red sauce.
🦞 Choose sturdy shellfish like shrimp, crab, and lobster for baking; avoid delicate fish fillets.
🍽️ Prepare components separately before careful layering to ensure perfect texture and flavor.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking and stovetop cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 811
- Sugar: 5.3g
- Sodium: 1276.6mg
- Fat: 50.4g
- Saturated Fat: 26.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: estimated 18g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 39.7g
- Fiber: 1.5g
- Protein: 47.3g
Keywords: Seafood lasagna, White sauce, Creamy lasagna, Fresh herbs