Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna
Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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

Classic Eggplant Lasagna that's full of cheesy goodness, without the pasta! Great for a gluten-free lasagna option or just for sneaking in a healthy vegetable. People absolutely love the lasagna we make around here and there's only room for more. Pat dry with paper towels to remove excess liquid.

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!!!!

People absolutely love the lasagna we make around here and there's only room for more. Pat dry with paper towels to remove excess liquid. 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. Some eggplant lasagna recipes ask you to grill the eggplant slices instead.

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