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Crawfish Lasagna

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  • Author: Louisiana Woman
  • Prep Time: 40 minutes
  • Cook Time: 55 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
  • Category: Main Dish
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Cajun

Description

A rich and creamy crawfish treat full of flavor layered with pasta and lots of cheese.


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 6 ounces oven-ready or regular lasagna noodles

For the Cheese Filling

  • 12 ounces cream cheese,  softened
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, grated
  • 1.5 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 egg
  • .5 teaspoon salt
  • .25 teaspoon black pepper

For the Crawfish

  • 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1.5 tablespoons salted butter
  • 1 cup chopped onion, 1 medium onion
  • .5 cup sliced celery, 2 celery stalks
  • .75 cup chopped green bell pepper, 1/2 large pepper
  • 7 ounces stewed tomatoes, half a can
  • 3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
  • 1 pound raw crawfish, fat included
  • .5 teaspoon salt
  • .125 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more
  • .25 teaspoon Cajun Seasoning, or more

For the Sauce

  • 1.5 tablespoons salted butter
  • 4 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
  • 1.5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups milk
  • .5 cup shredded parmesan cheese, packed
  • .5 cup shredded pepper jack cheese, packed

For the Topping

  • Breadcrumbs
  • Shredded parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and spray an 8"x11" or 9"x9" deep-dish pan with cooking spray.
  2. Use oven-ready lasagna noodles, cook regular lasagna according to the package or soak in hot water for 20 minutes in a shallow oblong pan and drain.

For the Cheese Filling

  1. Mix all filling ingredients together in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.

For the Crawfish

  1. Heat the butter and oil until the butter melts.
  2. Cook onion, celery, pepper, and tomatoes for 10 minutes, stirring often.
  3. Add garlic in the last few minutes of cooking.
  4. Add the crawfish and cook, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally over medium-low heat.

For the Sauce

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the garlic until aromatic.
  2. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute.
  3. Add milk and cook until it starts to thicken.
  4. Add the cheeses and stir until melted into the sauce; turn off the heat and set aside.

Assembling the Lasagna

  1. Spread a little of the sauce in the casserole dish.
  2. Add half the noodles, then spread half the cheese filling on top.
  3. Spoon half the crawfish over the cheese filling, then layer with the remaining noodles.
  4. Spread the other half of the cheese filling, then top with the remaining crawfish.
  5. Lastly, pour the sauce over the Crawfish layer of the lasagna, spreading to cover.

For the Topping

  1. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and more shredded parmesan cheese
  2. Bake for 45 minutes covered with foil, then 10 minutes uncovered.
  3. Let lasagna sit for a few minutes before cutting and serving.

Notes

  • Soaking the lasagna in very hot water for 20 minutes tenderizes the noodles to al dente, and they finish cooking while the casserole bakes.
  • You can also use oven-ready lasagna pasta; I usually soak it to ensure it cooks through during baking.
  • Stir the crawfish occasionally so that it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
  • This recipe doubles easily and bakes in a 9x13 deep-dish pan.
  • You can also prepare the lasagna ahead of time, then refrigerate, bake, or even freeze it, and defrost when you are ready to bake and/or serve.
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