Italian White Sauce Baked Seafood
An Italian-style baked dish featuring an assortment of seafood and vegetables, layered with a creamy white sauce and spinach, and finished with melted cheese.
Ingredients
salmon fillet
80 g
grass shrimp
4
scallops
4
squid
200 g
crab leg meat
100 g
onion
1/4
red bell pepper
1/4
yellow bell pepper
1/4
mushrooms
4
unsalted butter
10 g
white sauce (see page 16 for recipe)
200 ml
white wine
50 ml
spinach
200 g
minced onion
1 tbsp
unsalted butter
5 g
heavy cream
50 ml
shredded cheese
50 g
parmesan cheese powder
10 g
salt
a pinch
white pepper
a pinch
Instructions
1
Step 1
Preheat the oven to upper/lower heat at 185°C.
2
Step 2
Wash the seafood separately and cut the salmon into small pieces; peel and finely chop the onion; wash the red and yellow bell peppers and cut them into small pieces; wash the mushrooms and cut each into 4 small pieces, then set aside.
3
Step 3
Wash the spinach, cut it into thin strips and set aside.
4
Step 4
Melt ingredient B's unsalted butter in a frying pan over low heat, add the minced onion and sauté until fragrant, then add the spinach strips and heavy cream. Cook until thickened, season with a pinch of salt and white pepper, then plate.
5
Step 5
In a separate frying pan, melt ingredient A's unsalted butter over low heat, add the minced onion and sauté until fragrant, then add all the seafood, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and mushrooms and stir-fry briefly. Add the white wine and white sauce; once it comes to a boil, season with a pinch of salt and white pepper and mix well. Remove from heat, pour over the spinach, sprinkle with ingredient C, then transfer to the preheated oven and bake for about 6 minutes before serving.
