Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna. Made-From-Scratch Taste With A Full Serving Of Comfort—Try Easy Lasagna Dinner! Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add ground beef; season with salt and pepper.

Loaded with rich meat sauce and tons of cheese, this eggplant lasagna satisfies your craving for typically carb-laden pasta without the guilt. One of our favorite no noodle lasagna kid friendly keto recipes. Top the ricotta with half the eggplant, and sprinkle basil and half the mozzarella over the eggplant. You can have Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna

It's of Eggplant pasta replacement.
Prepare 2 of medium sized aubergine/ eggplants.
It's As needed of salt.
Prepare As needed of extra virgin olive oil.
You need of Meatballs and sauce.
Prepare 1-1/2 pound of beef meatballs.
You need 32 ounces of Mids Italian sausage pasta sauce.
Prepare 1/4 cup of water to get and use all the sauce out of jar.
It's 3 tablespoons of concentrated tomato paste.
You need 1-1/2 cups of pesto see my recipe walnut pesto.
It's 2/3 pound of ground sirloin.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
It's 1 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
You need To taste of salt.
You need To taste of ground white pepper.
You need of Cheese.
Prepare 2 cups of extra sharp cheddar cheese shredded divided.

Top with a layer of tomato sauce and a layer of Parmesan. Repeat the layers, then add a final layer of lasagna noodles topped with ricotta if any remains, and most importantly with the tomato sauce and Parmesan you set aside. 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.

Eggplant and Meatball Lasagna step by step

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!!!!.

End with a layer of noodles. (Heartburn is an issue for a few of mine.) For this lasagna I had a layer of sauce on the bottom and on the top. Admittedly, it made it look a bit like enchiladas but it worked for us. Coat the bottom of the pan you are using with tomato sauce before adding more layers. Layer eggplant, then meat, then eggplant, and then cheese. Eggplant Lasagna with Scratch Made Meat Sauce.