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List of ingredients for Crabmeat and spinach lasagna


* Olive oil for frying
* 400 g fresh pasta rolled out into sheets (200g flour, 2 eggs, 4 yolks)
* 280 g premium claw Crabmeat
* 4 large anchovy fillets and maybe a drop or two of the oil they are packed in
* 225 g bag washed baby spinach leaves
* 1 red bell pepper; Roasted, peeled and chopped into slivers
* 1 green bell pepper; Roasted, peeled and chopped into slivers
* 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped finely
* 1 stalk of celery, sliced into `moons'
* 250 g tub ricotta cheese
* 125 g ball of Mozzarella cheese, sliced thinly
* 4 tablespoons of freshly grated Parmesan cheese
* 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
'''For the bechamel sauce'''
* 50 g (2 oz) butter
* 50 g (2 oz) plain flour
* 500 ml (18 fl oz) milk
* Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
*Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
* 225 ml milk for the final stage
* 1 free range egg, beaten

===Method===
* Pick through the crabmeat to remove any pieces of shell
* Finely chop the anchovies and mix well into the crab meat with a little of the oil they are packed in. Set the crab/anchovy mixture aside.
* In a little olive oil, gently fry the onions, Garlic, celery slices and roasted pepper strips for about 5 minutes.
* Tip the crabmeat from step 3 into the onion mixture, mix well, remove from the heat and set aside.
* Follow the instructions Here to make the bechamel sauce using 500 ml of milk
* Once it has thickened, season with salt and pepper and whisk in the ricotta cheese. If 'assembling' later, leave the next stage until you're ready to put the dish together.
* Whisk the egg into the 225 ml of milk, heat the bechamel sauce and whisk in the milk/egg mixture. Heat and stir until it thickens.
* Make yourself (or unwrap if shop bought) the Pasta!
* Grease a suitable oven proof dish and build up the lasagne, starting with a layer of spinach, Pasta sheets, crab mixture, bechamel sauce, a little mozzarella cheese, spinach, pasta and so on. End with a final layer of pasta, topped with bechamel sauce, mozzarella cheese and a dusting of Parmesan cheese
* Bake for 40 to 45 minutes

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