Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

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.

To get started with this 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 can achieve that.

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

Lay slices on a cooling rack and season with salt. Make Meatless Lasagna Taste Amazing With Eggplant and Zucchini. This meal requires just one pan, skips the greasy beef, and crams in the vegetables. It sounds kind of bland, right?

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!!!!

But trust us, you don't even. 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. 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.

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