Recipe: Perfect Eggplant lasagna

Eggplant lasagna. There are a few key steps for prepping eggplant for layering into a lasagna. Pour a little bit of the pasta red sauce on the bottom (about ½ cup) and spread it. Instead of noodles, it uses sliced eggplant.

In between the eggplant slices is a luscious, creamy mix of ricotta, spinach, Parmesan, and mushrooms. It's a vegetarian lasagna that is hearty, filling, and comforting, just as any good lasagna recipe should be. Sprinkle some of the mozzarella cheese mixed with the parmesan cheese, pepper, and drizzle the tomato sauce over. You can have Eggplant lasagna using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Eggplant lasagna

1. It's 1 of x-large eggplant of 2 medium ones sliced into thin rounds.
2. It's 3 of eggs scrambled. 2 for eggplant dip and 1 for meat mixture.
3. You need of Italian bread crumbs.
4. Prepare 2 lbs of ground turkey seasoned with S&P, browned, drained, and cooled.
5. It's 2 lbs of low fat ricotta.
6. Prepare 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese.
7. Prepare 1 quart of homemade pasta sauce.
8. You need 2 cups of low fat mozzarella shredded.
9. It's 1 handful of fresh basil, 1 tsp dried oregano, and Parmesan cheese if you want.
10. Prepare of Salt and pepper ingredients as you go.

Eggplant has a very mild flavor, like spaghetti squash. Because it has such a mild flavor, it's easily used in recipes that have bold flavors. In something like eggplant lasagna, the eggplant flavor itself isn't even really tasted. Place eggplant slices in single layer on baking sheet sprayed with no stick cooking spray.

Eggplant lasagna step by step

1. Brown the 2 lbs of ground turkey with S&P, and drain. Cool then add ricotta, 1 scrambled egg, and about 1/3 of the pasta sauce. Add herbs and Parmesan cheese.
2. Cook egg dipped and breaded eggplant on greased sheet for 25 min. You should have 3 pan fills of eggplant to layer once done. Bake eggplant on 425 until golden..
3. Layer eggplant, ricotta mixture, a little sauce and continue to layer. You should have 3 eggplant layers and 2 ricotta layers..
4. Top with mozzarella cheese and bake for 1 hour at 375. Enjoy!.

Spray eggplant lightly with no stick cooking spray. This eggplant lasagna is the perfect solution for a dish with tons of flavor without missing the pasta. It begins with two of these beauties. You can peel them or leave their skins on them, that's really up to you and your tastes. I prefer to leave the skins on for mine.