Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, eggplant lasagna. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Eggplant lasagna is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Eggplant lasagna is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Browse Our Official Site For Easy Lasagna Recipes! The preparation of the eggplant makes all the difference. 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 prepare a few ingredients. You can have eggplant lasagna using 29 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Eggplant lasagna:
- Prepare lasagna
- Prepare 1/2 lb bulk sausage
- Get 1 1/3 lb ground meat
- Make ready 28 oz diced tomatoes
- Get 28 oz tomato sauce
- Make ready 4 cup colby jack cheddar cheese, shredded
- Prepare 4 medium aubergine/ eggplants
- Prepare 15 ricotta cheese, I used Polly-O brand it has lowest in carbs.
- Get 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready 12 oz tomato paste
- Prepare 1 large red onion chopped
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- Prepare 1/4 cup olive oil
- Take seasonings
- Make ready 1 tbsp granulated garlic powder
- Make ready 1 tsp basil
- Take 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp summer savory
- Prepare 1 tsp whole leaf oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 1/4 tbsp sweetener, sugar, splenda, stevia and so on
- Get pesto
- Take 1/4 cup sweet basil
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp pine nuts
- Get 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- Get 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Make ready 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Prepare 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin
Preparation can be done ahead of time, refrigerated and baked later in the day. Various colored peppers can be used to make the dish more attractive. Using a mandolin or a thin knife, slice eggplant lengthwise into thin strips. The key to making Eggplant Lasagna as tasty (and satisfying as!) a lasagna you'd order in an Italian restaurant is to properly prepare the eggplant itself.
Steps to make Eggplant lasagna:
- In a dry pan toast the pine nuts don't burn them.
- Mix all the ingredients except olive oil into a blender and blend till coarse add olive oil a bit at a time. blend till chunky smooth. Set aside.
- Preheat oven 400° Fahrenheit.
- Peel the aubergines. Slice thinly olive oil to both sides of each slice lightly sprinkle with kosher salt. Put on a pan, With nonstick spray roast for 20 minutes or till tender.
- Brown the sausage and meat add onions. Drain off any excessive drippings from meat. Add seasonings and diced tomatoes to meat.
- Add tomato sauce. Add tomato paste to thicken. Let simmer 10 minutes.
- In a deep dish or spring form pan layer sides and bottom with roasted eggplant slices. Add a layer of meat sauce. Add 15 ounces ricotta cheese. Add layer of pesto. Add a layer of eggplant slices. Add half of parmesan cheese. Then 2 cups of cheddar cheese.
- Add a layer of meat sauce then eggplant. Add parmesan cheese and cheddar cheese.
- Bake 35-40 minutes. Let rest 15.
- Serve, hope you enjoy!
Using a mandolin or a thin knife, slice eggplant lengthwise into thin strips. The key to making Eggplant Lasagna as tasty (and satisfying as!) a lasagna you'd order in an Italian restaurant is to properly prepare the eggplant itself. Since the eggplant slices stand in for the lasagna noodles (a serious job in the business of lasagna), it's important that the eggplant both tastes great and has a fantastic texture. Our eggplant lasagna is a delicious, crowd-pleasing dinner that results from swapping traditional lasagna noodles for slabs of fresh eggplant. Besides being a great gluten-free and low-carb alternative to classic lasagna, this comforting casserole is the perfect way to put a load of summer eggplant to good use.
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