Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This lasagna recipe replaces the traditional pasta with eggplant slices and adds layers of seasoned ground beef. I've tried other eggplant lasagna recipes, and they were disappointing. The eggplant was either overdry and tough or gooey.
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant and meatball lasagna using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:
- Make ready Eggplant pasta replacement
- Take 2 medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
- Get As needed salt
- Get As needed extra virgin olive oil
- Take Meatballs and sauce
- Take 1-1/2 pound beef meatballs
- Get 32 ounces Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce
- Get 1/4 cup water to get and use all the sauce out of jar
- Make ready 3 tablespoons concentrated tomato paste
- Prepare 1-1/2 cups pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
- Take 2/3 pound ground sirloin
- Take 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- Prepare 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Get To taste salt
- Make ready To taste ground white pepper
- Prepare Cheese
- Take 2 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided
This eggplant lasagna from Delish.com is cheesy and completely meat free. Lay slices on a cooling rack and season with salt. Classic Eggplant Lasagna that's full of cheesy goodness, without the pasta! Great for a gluten-free lasagna option or just for sneaking in a healthy vegetable.
Steps to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:
- Peel the eggplant and cut one side to make flat surface. This will stabilize your eggplant when you slice it. Slice the eggplant thinly.
- Now salt the eggplant slices on both sides set in a bowl to drain the liquids. Doing this take all or most of the bitterness out of the eggplant slices. After an hour drain the liquids off and they are ready to use. The last picture on this step is the bitter liquids pulled out by the salt. I had about 1/2 cup total, on second draining.
- Cut the meatballs in half set aside. I usually keep meatballs in my freezer. See any of my recipes for meatballs. Shred the cheese, and set aside. When you pour the Mid's sauce in add a little water to the jar to get the rest out of jar.
- Preheat oven to 400°Fahrenheit heat the meatballs in a good sized pan. When browned remove and set aside. Add the Mids Italian sausage sauce to the pan then put in the ground sirloin. Bring to a simmer 20 minutes and stir in the tomato paste. Add the parmesan cheese. Stir in well.
- Add the olive oil to the eggplant. Cook on a cooking surface. Turn as needed. In a baking pan add some of the eggplant. I used a spring form pan.
- Add some of the meatballs cut side down. Cover the meatballs with half the sauce. Now add the pesto on top of sauce.
- Repeat the the same layers except you shouldn't have pesto on second layer. Add the shredded cheese on top. Put into the oven for 45 minutes.
- Take out of oven and let rest 15 minutes. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!!
People absolutely love the lasagna we make around here and there's only room for more. Get a delicious recipe for eggplant lasagna that can be made with chicken or turkey, depending on your preference. Feel free to make the lasagna with ground chicken or turkey, or replace the chicken with ground beef. Zucchini is another possibility for the noodles. Some eggplant lasagna recipes ask you to grill the eggplant slices instead.
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