🦐🧄 Classic Creamy Shrimp & Crab Lasagna

Silky white sauce, layers of seafood, and melty cheese — seafood heaven!

🛒 Ingredients:

Seafood & Filling:

• 8 oz shrimp, peeled, deveined, chopped
• 8 oz lump crab meat 🦀
• 1 tbsp olive oil or butter
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 small onion, finely diced
• Salt, pepper, pinch of Old Bay or paprika

Cheese Layer:

• 15 oz ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella
• 1 tbsp chopped parsley 🌿

White Sauce (Béchamel):

• 4 tbsp butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 cups milk
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• Salt & white pepper

Assembly:

• 9 cooked lasagna noodles (or oven-ready)
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella + extra Parmesan for topping

👩‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Sauté shrimp & aromatics: Heat oil, cook onions/garlic, add shrimp, season, cook until just pink. Combine with crab.
2. Make white sauce: Melt butter, whisk in flour, then slowly add milk. Stir until thickened. Season with nutmeg, salt & pepper.
3. Mix ricotta filling: Combine ricotta, egg, Parmesan, mozzarella, parsley.
4. Layer: In a greased dish → sauce → noodles → ricotta mix → seafood → sauce → repeat. Top with cheese.
5. Bake: At 375°F (190°C) for 30–35 mins covered, then uncover for 10 mins until bubbly and golden.
6. Rest 10 mins before serving. Garnish with parsley or a squeeze of lemon. 🍋✨

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