Seafood Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 8 ounces lasagna noodles
• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 3/4 cup chopped parsley
• salt and pepper
• 1 dash tabasco sauce
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 eggs
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup hot milk
• 2 cups half-and-half
• 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 3/4 lb mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 lb shrimp, peeled, deveined and chopped
• 10 ounces shucked oysters or 10 ounces clams
• 8 ounces crabmeat

Recipe

• 1 cook lasagna according to package directions; drain and place in ice water, set aside.
• 2 mix ricotta cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, tabasco and eggs; set aside.
• 3 in a medium saucepan, make a light-colored roux with the flour and butter.
• 4 add hot milk and half and half.
• 5 cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 6 grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
• 7 pat lasagna noodles with paper towels to remove excess moisture.
• 8 cover the bottom of the casserole dish with a layer of the lasagna noodles, overlapping noodles and spread with 1/3 of ricotta mixture.
• 9 add 1/3 of the grated parmesan and mozzarella.
• 10 sprinkle 1/3 of shrimp, oysters and crab on top of that.
• 11 cover with 1/3 of sauce.
• 12 repeat process, ending with a layer of noodles, sauce, seafood and cheeses.
• 13 cover with foil and bake at 350° for 40 minutes, or until bubbly hot.
• 14 remove foil for the last 10 minutes to lightly brown the top layer of cheese.