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Fresh pasta made from the eggs of our own chickens is a pleasure anytime. Add sweet fresh crabmeat, a creamy sauce with three cheeses and the bitter note and vibrant colour of the spinach and you have one superb meal. It's taken some time to get this right and it's fairly long winded, but it will last us for days. I just can't wait to start eating it!

You can make this in stages and just assemble it when you are ready to bake it.
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|TotalCalories = 4811
|PortionCalories = 801
|DatePublished=25th October 2012
|Author=Chef
|ImageComment = Ready to eat!
|Servings = Serves 6
|Difficulty = 3
|TotalTime = 1 hour 15 minutes
|PrepTime = 30 minutes
|CookTime = 45 minutes
|Image = [[Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna ready to eat.jpg|middle|none|alt=Electus]]
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====Best recipe review====

''Tried Crayfish instead?''

5/5 

This is just as good with crayfish tails and costs about a third of the price of crabmeat.

 [[User:PSmith|Paul R Smith]] 
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{{RecipeIngredients
| [[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 red pepper|roasted]], peeled and chopped into slivers
| 1 [[green bell pepper]]; [[Roasted red 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|mozzarella cheese]], sliced thinly
| 4 tablespoons of freshly [[grated]] [[Parmesan cheese]]
| 3 [[cloves garlic, peeled and crushed]]
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'''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

===[[Mise en place]]===
* Preheat the [[oven]] to 175°C (350°F - gas 4)
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Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna oven ready.jpg|Ready for the oven
Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna layer 2.jpg|...and again...
Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna layer 1.jpg|The first layer
Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna sauces done.jpg|First part of the cooking completed)
Image:Crabmeat and spinach lasagna ingredients.jpg|Most of the ingredients (and half of the pasta)
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===Method===

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| 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|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 [[bechamel sauce|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 [[fresh pasta|pasta]]!
| Grease a suitable oven proof dish and build up the lasagne, starting with a layer of [[spinach]], [[Fresh pasta|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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===Serving suggestion===

Serve hot or cold with a [[green salad]].
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[[Category:Recipes]]
[[Category:Fish recipes]]
[[Category:Main courses]]
[[Category:Shellfish recipes]]
[[Category:Pasta recipes]]
[[Category:Favourite recipes]]
[[Category:Boiled or simmered]][[Category:Pan fried]][[Category:Baked or roasted]]
[[Category:Unusual recipes]]

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