Mary’s Seafood Lasagna

Serves 6-8

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Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cup (5oz) crumbled goat or feta cheese

• 1 cup cottage cheese

• ¼ cup finely chopped basil

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 1 garlic clove, minced

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour

• 1 cup milk

• ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

• 1 package (8 oz) pre-cooked lasagna noodles

• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

• ¼ cup chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

• Extra-virgin olive oil

• 5 cups finely chopped mushrooms

• 1 ½ cups chopped onion

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme 

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• ¼ cup dry white wine

• 2 (6.5 oz) cans of lump crabmeat

• 1 pound large uncooked shrimp (with shells)

• 2 cups water

• 1 ½ teaspoons celery salt

• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds

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1. Preheat 375 F. Chop all ingredients as indicated. Peel and devein shrimp.

2. Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onions, thyme, and garlic and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in wine and bring to a boil, cook for another minute. Remove from heat, add in crabmeat and set aside.

3. Peel and devein shrimp, keeping the shells aside. Cut each shrimp in half and put in the refrigerator for later. Put the shrimp shells, 2 cups of water, celery salt, and fennel seeds into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil then lower heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes to get about 1 ½ cups of shrimp stock. Strain stock with a sieve and set aside.

4. Combine goat cheese, cottage cheese, lemon juice, basil and 1 garlic clove and set aside.

5. Put flour in a medium saucepan and slowly add milk, whisking constantly. Whisk in shrimp stock and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in parmesan cheese.

6. Grease a 13’ x 9’ casserole pan. Spread ½ cup of the shrimp sauce on the bottom, followed by 4 noodles, slightly overlapping. Then spread over 1/3 of the goat cheese mixture, then 1/3 of the shrimp, 2/3 cups of the shrimp sauce, and 2/3 cups of mozzarella. Repeat the layers twice: noodles, goat cheese mixture, shrimp, shrimp sauce, mozzarella.  

7. Bake at 375 F for 40 minutes or until golden. Let stand 15 minutes and sprinkle with parsley before serving.