Best Not Like The Others Seafood Lasagna Recipes

SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft.
• Reduce heat to low, add cream cheese and ricotta cheese and continue to cook, stirring until cheeses melt and are well combined. Remove from heat and stir in the egg, basil, salt and pepper. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the soup and wine (or vermouth). Stir in the crab and shrimp.
• Place 4 lasagna noodles in a 9-by-13 inch baking dish. Spread half the cheese mixture evenly over the noodles. Spread half the shrimp and crab mixture over the cheese layer.
• Place the remaining 4 lasagna noodles over the top and repeat the layers. Sprinkle the top with Parmesan and cheddar cheeses. Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes or until bubbly hot. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

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.

NOT-LIKE-THE-OTHERS SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• For tomato sauce: combine undrained tomatoes, mushrooms, oregano, onion powder, salt & pepper in medium saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered about 20 mins or until thickened. Stirm in shrimp. Set aside.
• For cheese sauce: melt butter in medium saucepan. Stir in flour. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Stir in Swiss cheese until melted. Stir in imitation crab and wine.
• Layer half of the shrimp sauce, half of the noodles and half of the cheese sauce in 2-qt. rectangular baking dish. Repeat layers. Top with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake uncovered in 350* oven about 25 minutes or until heated through. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

MOM'S SEAFOOD LASAGNA

Steps:

• For the seafood: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shrimp, garlic and seafood seasoning and cook until the shrimp turn pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove the shrimp from the skillet.
• Add the wine and lemon juice to the skillet, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Bring to a simmer and cook until the mixture is reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the shrimp and crabmeat.
• Make the béchamel sauce: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until combined. Gradually add the milk, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the Romano until melted. Set aside.
• Make the spinach-artichoke ricotta: Stir together the ricotta, spinach, artichoke hearts, mozzarella, breadcrumbs, lemon zest and egg until combined. Season with salt. Fold in 1 cup of the béchamel sauce.
• Assemble the lasagna: Spread about 1/2 cup of the béchamel sauce in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 3 to 4 lasagna noodles and about 2/3 cup béchamel sauce. Top with half of the spinach-artichoke ricotta and half of the seafood. Repeat the layers once. Top with the remaining 3 to 4 lasagna noodles and béchamel sauce. Sprinkle with the mozzarella and Romano.
• Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil (coat with cooking spray before adding to the top to prevent the cheese from sticking). Bake, covered, until the lasagna is bubbly, about 30 minutes. Uncover and bake until the noodles are tender and the top is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes longer. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

LASAGNA LIKE NO OTHER!

Steps:

• 1. In a large pot, brown ground beef. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add one tablespoon of granulated garlic. Drain meat if necessary.
• 2. Add onions and chopped garlic. Cook for a couple of minutes.
• 3. Add both cans of tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix into meat and onion mixture. Cook for a minute.
• 4. Add basil, Italian seasoning, and sugar. Stir.
• 5. At this point, you may need to add about 14 ounces of water. Also, you may want to add more sugar, salt, and pepper to taste. Tomatoes will vary and more seasonings may be necessary. Let is simmer for about an hour while you prepare the other ingredients.
• 6. For ricotta sauce, in a large pan, melt butter. Add flour. Make sure all the flour is absorbed into the butter.
• 7. Cook for two minutes.
• 8. Add milk and whisk together. Bring up to a low simmer.
• 9. Add ricotta cheese and whisk together.
• 10. Add garlic, basil, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper. Whisk and bring up to a simmer. Remove from heat and set aside.
• 11. To assemble the lasagna, cook noodles to the point of being pliable yet firm.
• 12. Lay noodles in a pan. You may have to cut to fit your pan. If so, alternate the end where you put cut noodles.
• 13. Spoon ricotta cheese mixture over noodles and spread evenly.
• 14. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese.
• 15. Then a little meat sauce. Repeat this step. I can usually fit three layers. Save a little meat sauce for the top.
• 16. Top the lasagna with a layer of noodles.
• 17. Then top the noodles with a little meat sauce and a generous layer of mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
• 18. Bake at 350 for approximately one hour. I recommend placing a pan beneath your lasagna in case it bubbles over.

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.