Simple Way to Make Ultimate Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna
by Theresa Santos
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something which I have loved my whole life.
This lasagna recipe replaces the traditional pasta with eggplant slices and adds layers of seasoned ground beef. The preparation of the eggplant makes all the difference. I've tried other eggplant lasagna recipes, and they were disappointing. I had tried eggplant parmesan and fried eggplant and I wanted to try a slightly different take than what I was used to doing.
To begin with this recipe, we must 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:
Take Eggplant pasta replacement
Take 2 medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
Take As needed salt
Take As needed extra virgin olive oil
Make ready Meatballs and sauce
Take 1-1/2 pound beef meatballs
Take 32 ounces Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce
Get 1/4 cup water to get and use all the sauce out of jar
Get 3 tablespoons concentrated tomato paste
Take 1-1/2 cups pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
Take 2/3 pound ground sirloin
Get 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
Prepare 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Take To taste salt
Make ready To taste ground white pepper
Get Cheese
Get 2 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided
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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!!!!
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