Miss T’s Seafood Casserole

This seafood casserole is one of my many creations. This is one of my iconic creations which derived from me trying to satisfy a craving I had been trying to ignore for days. It basically contains a few of my favorite things, garlic, onions, smoked gouda, lobster, crab legs and shrimp (just a few lol). The flavors from all these delicious ingredients come together to create the most amazing creamy cheesy pasta casserole dish. You are going to love it!

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Miss T's Seafood Casserole

Creamy flavorful and delicious pasta dish packed with seafood and smoked cheeses.

Author: Miss T

Cuisine: Bermudian

Recipe type: Casserole

Serves: 6 servings

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  15 mins

Total time:  30 mins

Ingredients

• 2½ cups penne pasta
• 2 boxes of heavy cream
• 1 stick of butter
• 2 fully thawed raw lobster tails take out of the shell and cut into bite size pieces
• 10 large raw shrimp tails removed
• The meat from two snow king crab legs (raw)
• 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 3 medium tomatoes diced
• 1 medium onion diced
• 3 cups smoked gouda cheese
• 1½ cups parmesan cheese
• 2 cups baby spinach leaves
• ¼ cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs

Instructions

1. In a medium sized pot boil the pasta until it is al dente drain and set aside.
2. In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter and garlic over low heat. Keeping the temperature low poach the seafood (if the butter starts to turn brown the stove is too hot) . Shrimp should be poached just until they turn pink and lobster should be poached until is turns white along with the crab. (Do not over cook while poaching as the seafood also has to go into the oven to bake and will cook a little more)
3. Remove the seafood from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside.
4. Place the pot back over low heat.
5. Pour the pasta back into the pot and pour the left over butter & garlic mixture over it.
6. Add half of each of the cheeses (saving a good mixture for the top), heavy cream, onions, tomatoes and mix well until cheese melts.
7. Lightly season with salt & pepper (be careful as the cheese is already salty)
8. Then add in seafood and spinach leaves and mix well.
9. Transfer mixture to a casserole dish and cover with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
10. Bake in the over on 350 degrees until the cheese on top is completely melted and bubbly. Do not brown the cheese you don't want it to dry out your sauce.
11. Remove from the oven and eat while hot!

Notes

You can use more or less seafood according to your preference. When poaching be careful not to overcook the seafood you don't want it to get rubbery when you bake the casserole.

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