Recipe of Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add ground beef; season with salt and pepper. Instructions to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna : Peel the eggplant and cut one side to make flat surface.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

Guide to Prepare Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

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

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:

1. Take Eggplant pasta replacement
2. Get 2 medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
3. Get As needed salt
4. Take As needed extra virgin olive oil
5. Make ready Meatballs and sauce
6. Make ready 1-1/2 pound beef meatballs
7. Get 32 ounces Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce
8. Make ready 1/4 cup water to get and use all the sauce out of jar
9. Take 3 tablespoons concentrated tomato paste
10. Take 1-1/2 cups pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
11. Make ready 2/3 pound ground sirloin
12. Take 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
13. Take 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
14. Get To taste salt
15. Take To taste ground white pepper
16. Get Cheese
17. Get 2 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided

Peel the eggplant and cut one side to make flat surface. This will stabilize your eggplant when you slice it. 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. (Heartburn is an issue for a few of mine.) For this lasagna I had a layer of sauce on the bottom and on the top.

Instructions

Steps 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!!!!

Admittedly, it made it look a bit like enchiladas but it worked for us. Coat the bottom of the pan you are using with tomato sauce before adding more layers. Layer eggplant, then meat, then eggplant, and then cheese. Brush each slice of eggplant with olive oil on both sides and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper. In a large mixing bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan and basil.

As simple as that Steps to Make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

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