Maritime Lobster Casserole

Description

This is a very easy recipe with a lot of flavour and color.

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon butter, or as needed
  • 1 small sweet onion, diced
  • 3 stalks celery, diced
  • ½ large green bell pepper, diced
  • ½ large red bell pepper, diced
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups 2% milk
  • 2 pounds cooked and coarsely chopped lobster meat
  • ¼ teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
  • ¼ cup bread crumbs
  • 2 teaspoons sweet paprika
  • 1 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces, or more to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Melt 1 teaspoon butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add onion
  3. celery
  4. green pepper
  5. and red pepper; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent
  6. about 5 minutes.
  7. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large pot over medium-low heat; whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute. Add milk; cook until sauce is thickened
  8. about 5 minutes.
  9. Stir vegetables and lobster into sauce; season with salt and pepper. Turn mixture into an 8×8-inch baking dish; sprinkle with bread crumbs
  10. dot with butter pieces
  11. and sprinkle with paprika.
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly
  13. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 6

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