Simple Way to Make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna in 26 Minutes for Family

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really 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.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook eggplant and meatball lasagna using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna:

1. Prepare Eggplant pasta replacement
2. Make ready 2 medium sized aubergine/ eggplants
3. Prepare As needed salt
4. Take As needed extra virgin olive oil
5. Get 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. Make ready 3 tablespoons concentrated tomato paste
10. Prepare 1-1/2 cups pesto see my recipe walnut pesto
11. Make ready 2/3 pound ground sirloin
12. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
13. Get 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
14. Prepare To taste salt
15. Prepare To taste ground white pepper
16. Get Cheese
17. Get 2 cups extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided

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. This Low-Carb Eggplant Lasagna recipe is made with eggplant slices, which makes it perfect for those following a low-carb or gluten-free diet. Some eggplant lasagna recipes ask you to grill the eggplant slices instead.

Instructions

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!!!!

While this imparts a nice smoky flavor, I find that grilling individual slices is Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. What does eggplant lasagna taste like? Eggplant lasagna tastes very close to regular lasagna. The texture of the eggplant layer is just slightly different from The trick to keto eggplant lasagna is to make the layers in parallel. Roasting the eggplant, cooking the meat marinara sauce, and making the.

So that’s going to wrap it up with this exceptional food eggplant and meatball lasagna recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you can make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!

Print this page