Seafood Mac and Cheese

Living in Florida, we’re surrounded by water and the seafood that comes from it. No matter the time of year, there’s always some sort of seafood in season to make dinner with and right now, it’s shrimp and crab in my Seafood Mac and Cheese.

Seafood Mac and Cheese is now a staple in our house.

I’m an ordinary Italian momma and I’m convinced it’s the olive oil in my veins that leaves me craving pasta from time to time. No matter how healthy we’re eating, every so often a pasta dish of some sort creeps it’s way in. It’s just my comfort food.

Looking for a dessert to pair with this dinner? Check out my Blueberry Jam Tarts.

For this meal you’ll want to start boiling the water and cooking your pasta while you’re preparing your shrimp and crab meat.

In a pan, pour a small amount of oil, add shrimp and simmer until they begin to turn pink. Add crab, sprinkle in 2 teaspoons of garlic salt and 1 teaspoon chopped parsley and bring to a simmer. Once fully cooked, set shrimp and crab aside and begin working with your pasta.

Drain pasta and add 2 tablespoons of butter. In a large pot, combine 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 cups of whole milk, and slowly add in 1 – 2 cups of shredded gruyere cheese and 1 – 2 cups of shredded cheddar blend. Once melted and stringy, add pasta. Then add shrimp and crab and mix well. 

Pour into a 9×13 baking dish, top with 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs and bake at 350 degress for 15 – 20 minutes.

Seafood Mac and Cheese

2018-04-02 12:16:47

Baked shrimp and crab macaroni and cheese.

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Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

20 min

Total Time

40 min

Prep Time

20 min

Cook Time

20 min

Total Time

40 min

Ingredients

1. 1lb pasta
2. 1/2lb shrimp
3. 1/2lb shredded crab
4. 1 - 2c shredded gruyere cheese
5. 1 - 2c shredded cheddar blend cheese
6. 1c grated parmesan cheese (optional)
7. 1c panko breadcrumbs (topping)
8. 2c whole milk
9. 4T butter
10. 2t garlic salt
11. 1t parsley, chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Start boiling water and cooking your pasta while you're preparing your shrimp and crab meat.
3. In a medium pan, pour a small amount of oil, add prepared shrimp and simmer until they begin to turn pink.
4. Add crab, sprinkle in garlic salt and chopped parsley and bring to a simmer. Once fully cooked, set shrimp and crab aside.
5. Drain pasta and add 2 tablespoons of butter.
6. In a large pot, combine 2 tablespoons of butter, whole milk, and slowly add in shredded gruyere cheese, shredded cheddar blend, and parmesan.
7. Once melted and stringy, add pasta. Then add shrimp and crab and mix well.
8. Pour into a 9x13 baking dish, top with panko breadcrumbs and bake for 15 - 20 minutes.

Notes

1. Try with scallops!

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