Crab Lasagna Recipes

FRESH CRABMEAT AND LOBSTER LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Whisk in the milk, 1/2 cup at a time. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and cook, stirring constantly for 4 to 6 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the spinach and 1/2 cup of the Parmesan. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, egg, garlic and mozzarella cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well. Set aside.
• Grease an 8 by 8 by 2-inch square pan. To assemble, spread 1 cup of the sauce over the bottom of the pan. Season the crabmeat and lobster with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1/4 of the crabmeat and lobster over the sauce. Sprinkle some of the remaining Parmesan over the crabmeat. Cover the cheese with a sheet of the fresh pasta. Spread 1/4 of the cheese filling evenly over the pasta. Repeat the layering until all of the ingredients are used. Top the lasagna with the remaining cup of the sauce. Place in the oven and bake until bubbly and golden, about 45 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes before serving. Drizzle lightly with truffle oil, if desired.

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 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.

CRAB AND SPINACH LASAGNA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, cook onion and (if using fresh spinach) in butter until tender; add garlic and sauté to release flavor.
• Stir in cornstarch, Old Bay, and basil. Add cream all at once.
• Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• In medium bowl, stir in together, ricotta/sour cream and egg.
• Add half of Mozzarella and half of parmesan; mix well. Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Arrange lasagna pieces in bottom of a greased 12x7� rectangular baking dish.
• Top with half of spinach mixture, half crab chunks, and half Ricotta mixture.
• Repeat layers- noodles, spinach, crab, Ricotta.
• Top with remaining Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
• Cover with foil and tent foil and seal well (do not let foil touch top of lasagna).
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until mixture is bubbly. Uncover and bake for 10-12 more minutes to lightly brown top.
• Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

CRAB LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Boil lasagna until soft.
• Cut in half.
• Sauté vegetables in a tad of olive oil.
• Add to the crab.
• Add part of the cheese.
• Make a bechamel sauce by heating flour and margarine.
• Add the milk, the vegetable broth, and remaining cheese.
• Cook until thickened.
• Take part of the sauce and add to the crab mix.
• Stuff pasta with the crab mix and roll up.
• Place rolls in a baking pan (you should have 10 rolls).
• Cover with remaining sauce.
• Bake 20 minutes.

CRAB LASAGNA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first nine ingredients. Add crab; mix well. Place about 1/3 cup on each noodle; roll up. Place seam side down in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with tomato sauce. Cover and bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until heated through.

CRAB LASAGNE

Steps:

• Tip the milk, nutmeg, 50g of the butter and the flour into a non-stick pan. Heat while whisking or stirring until thickened. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream with plenty of seasoning. Measure 450ml of the sauce and beat half the Parmesan and the egg into it. Once cool, stir the crabmeat into the remaining sauce.
• Melt the remaining butter in a very large pan or wok, add the leeks and cook for about 10 mins, stirring frequently, until softened and cooked down.
• Lightly grease 2 x 20cm square ovenproof dishes - trim the lasagne sheets to fit, if you need to.
• Spoon a quarter of the leeks into each dish and spread out. Top each with 2 lasagne sheets, then cover with the crab mixture and scatter over the chunks of fish. Top each with another 2 sheets, then cover with the leeks and the last of the sheets followed by the cheese sauce, then the remaining Parmesan.
• To freeze: Wrap the dishes in several layers of cling film, then foil. Use within 2 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Unwrap the lasagnes and bake for 40 mins. (A freshly made version will take the same time.) Serve with a salad.

CRABMEAT LASAGNA

Steps:

• Cook noodles, rinse and drain.
• Combine soup, crab, ricotta cheese, Old Bay Seasoning, cream cheese, onion, egg, basil, salt and pepper.
• Layer 1/2 noodles in a 9x13 baking dish.
• Spread with 1/2 crab mixture and sprinkle with 1/2 cheddar cheese.
• Repeat the layers and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• Let stand about 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
• *Note if using pasta sheet cooking is not needed.