No-Fail Baked Seafood Lasagna

photo by:kraft

Move over marinara. Our creamy Parmesan sauce pairs perfectly with spinach, shrimp and crab for a new take on lasagna that's an easy way to get your family eating seafood.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

1 hr 15 min

servings

total:

12 servings

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What You Need

Tbsp. butter

Tbsp. flour

cups milk

1/2

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained

cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Cottage Cheese

cup KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, divided

1/8

tsp. ground nutmeg

lasagna noodles, cooked, drained

1/2

lb. deveined peeled medium shrimp, cooked

cans (6 oz. each) crabmeat, drained, flaked

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MELT butter in large saucepan on medium heat. Whisk in flour until well blended. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly; simmer on low heat 3 to 5 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Parmesan; set aside. Mix spinach, cottage cheese, 2/3 cup mozzarella and nutmeg.

SPREAD 2/3 cup Parmesan sauce onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan. Cover with 3 lasagna noodles and layers of half each of the shrimp, crabmeat and spinach mixture; top with 2/3 cup of the remaining Parmesan sauce. Repeat layers, starting with the noodles. Top with remaining noodles, Parmesan cheese sauce and mozzarella; cover.

BAKE 45 min. or until heated through, uncovering after 25 min. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese.

Serving Suggestion

Serve with a crisp mixed green salad loaded with plenty of cut-up fresh vegetables and tossed with your favorite KRAFT Dressing, such as KRAFT Light Red Wine Vinaigrette Dressing.

Fun Idea

This is a great entertaining recipe as it can be made ahead and put into the oven, while you sit and enjoy your company.

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Lotusgirl1

posted:11/27/2009

After reading other comments, I decided to make extra sauce, using 5 cups milk, flour, 5 tblsp flour...and then added a bit of corn starch to thicken more. I also added garlic, salt, white pepper, & nutmeg to it (also gave the spinach mixture same treatment). Then added a whole cup of parmasean cheese, plus a bit of mozz cheese too. I had just enough sauce to cover top!! (thank goodness I made extra!) Extra note: I don't like canned crab (tastes like canned tuna to me), so I used the whole chunk crab, crumbled. My family loved it!! Will def make it again...but will add other seafood too...squid, mahi mahi, scallops.

a cook

posted:11/15/2009

I put in real crab and shrimp

dlhawver

posted:9/27/2009

I've made this three times in the last 3 months. It's fantastic. I did change a few things - I use 8 oz cream cheese in addition to the other cheeses. Also, use alfrado sauce along with shrimp soup and 8 oz whipping cream seasoned with a bit of Old Bay seasoning, to taste. The flavor is more intense the next day. I usually make 3 pans, 9 x 9 inch. Freeze two and have one for dinner that night.

misshoney620

posted:8/20/2009

After reading the comments I did add some extra seasoned salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder to both cheese mixtures. You can smell and taste that it will need something extra just by sampling before putting it all together. I used packaged lobster and shrimp and cut up both before adding. I would use less spinach next time it's a little overwhelming. Definitely takes more than 15 min. Also use no boil noodles so it had to cook a little longer.

musthp289

posted:7/31/2009

I made this and it was a hit. My family loved it and we even had my hisbands brother over for dinner and he loved it too!! It does take awhile to make so I usually reserve this for the weekends but well worth it.

lakleminski

posted:6/9/2009

I am a new cook, so it takes me a bit longer, but it definitly took longer than 15 minutes to prepare. I thought it was ok, husband did not really care for it and he likes pretty much everything. Smelled better than it tasted, I was sadly disappointed.

bmarri

posted:6/3/2009

great dish. family loved it.

cassandra1974

posted:4/17/2009

I thought the spinach mixture and cheese sauce were both bland so I added garlic powder, white pepper, and seasoned salt to the spinach mixture, and cayenne pepper and nutmeg to the cheese sauce. Also, the lasagna came out a bit dry. I think it needed more sauce. In the future, I would save time by using a jarred alfredo sauce. Also, I would not use canned crab.

a cook

posted:4/6/2009

I made this lasagna with my homemade alfredo sauce instead of the sauce listed, and used fat free cottage cheese and mozzarella. It was fabulous and the leftovers warmed up beautifully. I will definitely make this again!!

marymbs

posted:2/6/2009

I read the other reviews before making this, so I altered it a bit. I added finely chopped onion and minced garlic to the spinach mixture. I also added salt, lemon pepper, Old Bay and Italian seasoning. I think it was quite good and my guest enjoyed it as well.