Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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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. In either case, it stood out and didn't "pass" as well for pasta.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have eggplant and meatball lasagna using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:
  1. Make ready Eggplant pasta replacement
  2. Prepare medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
  3. Prepare salt
  4. Take extra virgin olive oil
  5. Make ready Meatballs and sauce
  6. Get beef meatballs
  7. Take Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce
  8. Get water to get and use all the sauce out of jar
  9. Make ready concentrated tomato paste
  10. Prepare pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
  11. Make ready ground sirloin
  12. Take granulated garlic powder
  13. Take grated Parmesan cheese
  14. Prepare salt
  15. Get ground white pepper
  16. Prepare Cheese
  17. Make ready extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided

The Most Amazing Eggplant Lasagna that's full of cheesy goodness, without the pasta! Great for a gluten-free lasagna option or just for sneaking in a. This is better than the classic, trust us on this one… Lasagna is a go-to dish for our family and, while it's full of tomatoes and tastes delicious, it doesn't have that much going for it in regards to healthy eating. Some eggplant lasagna recipes ask you to grill the eggplant slices instead.

Instructions to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:
  1. Peel the eggplant and cut one side to make flat surface. This will stabilize your eggplant when you slice it. Slice the eggplant thinly.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Add some of the meatballs cut side down. Cover the meatballs with half the sauce. Now add the pesto on top of sauce.
  7. 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.
  8. Take out of oven and let rest 15 minutes. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!!

This is better than the classic, trust us on this one… Lasagna is a go-to dish for our family and, while it's full of tomatoes and tastes delicious, it doesn't have that much going for it in regards to healthy eating. Some eggplant lasagna recipes ask you to grill the eggplant slices instead. While this imparts a nice smoky flavor, I find that grilling individual slices is Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Try Bertolli's eggplant & zucchini lasagna recipe for dinner tonight - this lasagna is the perfect blend of tender noodles, bubbly cheese, and delicious Kick up your veggie intake with this warm and bubbly Eggplant & Zucchini Lasagna. This premium vegetarian recipe is tasty, cheesy and sure to please.

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