Baked Seafood Lasagna
April 18, 2009 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Baked, Dinner, Easy Seafood Recipes, Lunch, Pasta, Supper
|  | Baked Seafood Lasagna - Shrimp, crab and pasta in a creamy sauce, for this outstanding seafood lasagna. What’s not to like? Prep Time: 15 mins |
Ingredients to make Baked Seafood Lasagna
3 Tbsp. butter
3 Tbsp. flour
3 cups milk
1/2 cup KRAFT 100% Parmesan Grated Cheese
1 pkg. (300 g) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup KRAFT Mozzarella Shredded Cheese, divided
1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg
9 lasagne noodles, cooked, drained
1/2 lb. fresh or thawed frozen cleaned medium shrimp (31 to 35 count), cooked
2 cans (120 g each) crabmeat, drained, flaked
Directions to make Baked Seafood Lasagna
Step 1:PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Melt butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Add flour; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Gradually add milk, mixing well after each addition. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low; simmer 3 to 5 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan cheese; set aside. Combine spinach, cottage cheese, 2/3 cup of the mozzarella cheese and the nutmeg.
Step 2:SPREAD 1/4 of the Parmesan cheese sauce onto bottom of 13×9-inch baking pan. Cover with 3 of the lasagne noodles and layers of 1/2 each of the shrimp, crabmeat and spinach mixture; top with 1/4 of the Parmesan cheese sauce. Repeat layers, starting with the noodles.
Step 3:TOP with remaining 3 lasagne noodles, remaining Parmesan cheese sauce and the remaining 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese. Cover with foil.
Step 4:BAKE 25 min. Uncover; bake an additional 20 min. or until lasagne is heated through. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.