How to Make Any-night-of-the-week Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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. Take medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
3. Take salt
4. Take extra virgin olive oil
5. Prepare Meatballs and sauce
6. Make ready beef meatballs
7. Take Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce
8. Get water to get and use all the sauce out of jar
9. Take concentrated tomato paste
10. Make ready pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
11. Make ready ground sirloin
12. Take granulated garlic powder
13. Take grated Parmesan cheese
14. Take salt
15. Take ground white pepper
16. Get Cheese
17. Take extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided

Lasagna is always a hit in my home, and I was hoping that the rich taste and layers might let the eggplant pass relatively unnoticed. 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. Layer this cheesy, saucy Eggplant Lasagna recipe from Food Network for a hearty vegetarian Italian meal.

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!!!!

Great for a gluten-free lasagna option or just for sneaking in a. Layer this cheesy, saucy Eggplant Lasagna recipe from Food Network for a hearty vegetarian Italian meal. Eggplant lasagna tastes very close to regular lasagna. The texture of the eggplant layer is just slightly different from pasta. I think this is the best homemade lasagne I have ever had.

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