Simple Way to Make Ultimate Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna.

Hey everyone, it's Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, eggplant and meatball lasagna. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes delicious. Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna is something that I've loved my whole life. They're nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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 of Eggplant pasta replacement.
2. {Prepare 2 of medium sized aubergine/ eggplants.
3. {Take As needed of salt.
4. {Take As needed of extra virgin olive oil.
5. {Make ready of Meatballs and sauce.
6. {Take 1-1/2 pound of beef meatballs.
7. {Prepare 32 ounces of Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce.
8. {Make ready 1/4 cup of water to get and use all the sauce out of jar.
9. {Make ready 3 tablespoons of concentrated tomato paste.
10. {Make ready 1-1/2 cups of pesto see my recipe walnut pesto.
11. {Make ready 2/3 pound of ground sirloin.
12. {Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
13. {Get 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
14. {Make ready To taste of salt.
15. {Get To taste of ground white pepper.
16. {Get of Cheese.
17. {Make ready 2 cups of extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided.

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!!!!.

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