**Eggplant Aubergine Lasagna: A Mediterranean Masterpiece**
In the realm of culinary creations, few dishes embody the spirit of Mediterranean cuisine like the Eggplant Aubergine Lasagna. This vegetarian masterpiece combines the vibrant flavors of the region with layers of tender eggplant, savory tomato sauce, creamy béchamel, and a symphony of herbs and spices. Delve into this culinary journey as we present a collection of Eggplant Aubergine Lasagna recipes that capture the essence of this delectable dish. From classic Italian renditions to modern interpretations, each recipe promises a unique taste experience that will tantalize your palate and leave you craving more. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a novice in the kitchen, these recipes provide a comprehensive guide to crafting this Mediterranean masterpiece in your own home. Discover the secrets of preparing the perfect eggplant slices, creating a flavorful tomato sauce, and layering the components to achieve that perfect balance of textures and flavors. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your taste buds, and embark on a culinary adventure that celebrates the beauty and diversity of Mediterranean cuisine.
Additional Recipes Featured in the Article:
1. **Eggplant Lasagna Roll-Ups:** A delightful variation where the eggplant slices are transformed into delicate roll-ups, stuffed with a flavorful filling and baked to perfection.
2. **Easy Eggplant Lasagna:** This simplified recipe streamlines the process without compromising on taste, making it perfect for busy weeknights or casual gatherings.
3. **Vegan Eggplant Lasagna:** A plant-based rendition that caters to vegan and allergy-conscious individuals, featuring a rich and creamy cashew-based béchamel sauce.
4. **Low-Carb Eggplant Lasagna:** A healthier alternative that uses zucchini noodles instead of pasta sheets, resulting in a lower-carb and equally satisfying lasagna experience.
5. **Individual Eggplant Lasagna Cups:** These individual-sized lasagnas are not only visually appealing but also offer a convenient and portion-controlled way to enjoy this classic dish.
6. **Eggplant Lasagna with Roasted Vegetables:** This recipe adds a colorful array of roasted vegetables to the lasagna filling, enhancing its nutritional value and adding a delightful smoky flavor.
7. **Baked Eggplant Parmesan:** A close cousin to the lasagna, this dish features crispy eggplant slices topped with a rich tomato sauce, melted cheese, and a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese.
8. **Eggplant Moussaka:** A Greek twist on the classic lasagna, moussaka incorporates layers of eggplant, ground lamb or beef, béchamel sauce, and a sprinkling of breadcrumbs.
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) LASAGNA
Make and share this Eggplant (Aubergine) Lasagna recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Gidget
Categories Cheese
Time 1h15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat the griller.
- Combine the lemon juice and olive oil and brush it on the eggplant slices.
- Lay them in a single layer on a nonstick baking tray and grill both sides for about 3 minutes each or until golden brown.
- Preheat the oven to 180C degrees.
- In a bowl combine the tomato puree, tomatoes, oregano, basil, cayenne pepper and garlic.
- In another bowl combine the parmesan and breadcrumbs.
- Spoon one third of the tomato mixture into the base of a lasagne or casserole dish.
- Sprinkle with one third of the breadcrumb mixture and cover with a layer of eggplant.
- Spread half the ricotta cheese over the eggplant and continue to layer in the same order, ending with the breadcrumb mixture (in my case hopefully).
- Scatter the mozzarella cheese over the top and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden and bubbly.
- Serve with salad and crusty bread.
TURKEY EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) LASAGNA
My father's Thanksgiving signature dish! The instructions may look alittle fussy, but it follows any basic lasagna dish recipe. They are definetely worth a try!
Provided by Izzy Knight
Categories Canadian
Time 1h20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Saute mushrooms, garlic and onion until limp about 5-8 minutes.
- Add turkey and saute until meat is cooked through.
- Stir occasionally to break up any clumps.
- Add tomatoes, white wine, herbs and balsamic vinegar.
- Cook stirring frequently until mixture thickens, about 15-20 minutes.
- Stir in sun dried tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.
- Let cool slightly.
- Combine ricotta, egg and goat cheese mixing until smooth.
- Grease a baking dish or lasagna pan.
- Spread half the meat mixture over the bottom of the pan.
- Place eggplant slices over top overlapping slightly.
- Cover the eggplant with 1/3 of the mozzarella slices.
- Top with the remaining meat mixture.
- Cover with eggplant slices then top with the ricotta mixture.
- Cover with 1/3 of the mozzarella then top with remaining eggplant slices.
- Layer remaining cheese on top then sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.
- Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until dish is bubbly and top is nicely browned.
- Let sit 15 minutes before serving (very important).
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) , TOMATO AND LEEK LASAGNA
This is a relatively simple vegetarian lasagna that has a sweet taste, and has a fabulous flavour. It's a great dish, totally delicious and even kids who are a little unsure of vegetables are won over by this.
Provided by MellowMel
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h30m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Cut eggplants lengthways into 1 cm slices; place slices on colander, sprinkle with salt,stand 30 minutes. Rinse slices under cold water, drain on absorbent paper. Cook eggplant in batches, in heated oil large pan until softened and browned both sides.
- Cook onion and half the garlic in the same pan, stirring, until onion softens.
- Stir in tomato, paste and basil; simmer, uncovered, about 20 minutes, or until thickened slightly. Blend or process tomato mixture until just combined.
- Heat margarine in same pan, add leek and remaining garlic; cook, stirring, until leek is soft. Add sugar; cook, stirring, about 5 minutes or until leek is browned lightly, remove from heat.
- Cut 1 lasagne sheet to cover base of oiled deep 19cm square ovenproof dish; place in position.
- Top with 1/4 of the eggplant, 1/4 of the leek mixture,1/4 of the tomato mixture and 1/4 of the cheese.
- Repeat layers 3 times, ending with cheese. Bake, uncovered, in moderately hot oven 50 minutes.
- Can be made ahead to this stage. Cover, refrigerate until required. Reheat in moderate oven about 50 minutes.
LAMB, FETA AND EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) LASAGNA
This is well worth the effort to make, it's a fabulous dish! to save time the lamb sauce and the white sauce can me made up to 2 days ahead and refrigerated. The best canned tomatoes and sauce will make a difference to the meat sauce, so try and purchase a good quality product for this recipe and of coarse all recipes! If you are not a feta lover then substitute mozzarella cheese for the feta. The recipe states 12 lasagna noodles, I usually cook a couple more just in case a couple tear while boiling.
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Lamb/Sheep
Time 2h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle both sides of the eggplant slices with salt and pepper, then place the slices in a large colander, then weight it down with a heavy bowl, let drain about 1 hour.
- Remove from the colander and pat slices dry.
- Heat the oven to broiler heat and place rack 4 inches from heat.
- Arrange the eggplant slices in one layer on a baking sheet and brush with oil.
- Broil eggplant slices until golden (about 3 minutes).
- To make the lamb meat sauce (this can be made up to 2 days ahead) In a large skillet or a heavy bottomed pot heat olive oil, then add in onions, garlic, oregano and chili flakes; sauté for about 3-4 minutes or until softened.
- Add in lamb and cook stirring until the lamb is no longer pink (about 5-6 minutes).
- Add in tomatoes with juice, tomato sauce, paste, cinnamon, allspice, seasoning salt and pepper; simmer uncovered for about 1-1/4 hours, breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon and stirring occasionally.
- To make the white sauce; in a heavy saucepan melt butter over medium-low heat, then whisk in flour until smooth; cook whisking for 3 minutes.
- Slowly add/whisk in half and half cream and cayenne (if using) whisking continuously until thick (about 4-5 minutes).
- Add in egg, whisking vigorously and simmer whisking for 1 minute.
- Add in Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper (this sauce can be made, cooled to room temperate covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated up to 2 days ahead).
- Set oven to 375°F.
- Pour about 1 cup of the lamb sauce into the bottom of the 13 x 9-inch dish (the sauce will not cover bottom completely).
- Cover the sauce with 3 cooked lasagna noodles, make certain they DO NOT touch each other.
- Spread about 1-1/2 cups meat sauce over the lasagna sheets.
- Top with 1-2 broiled eggplant slices over the noodles.
- Gently spread about 1/2 cup white sauce over the eggplant, then sprinkle with about 1/3 cup finely crumbled feta cheese.
- Make 2 more layers in the same manner, beginning and ending with the lasagna sheets.
- Spread the remaining white sauce evenly over the top pasta layer, making certain that the pasta is completely covered.
- Top/sprinkle with remaining feta cheese.
- Cover the dish tightly with foil, tenting slightly to prevent foil from touching the top layer.
- Bake (second-lowest oven rack) for about 30 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake for about 10-15 minutes more, or until the top is bubbling.
- Remove and set oven to broiler heat.
- Delicious!
EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) MATZO LASAGNA
This looked too good to pass up, since I love anything with eggplant. We tried it and we made some changes and here they are. Was originally found in Cooking Light, March/95.
Provided by Manami
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 2h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400º.
- Heat oil in saucepan over med-high heat.
- Add mushrooms, garlic and onions; sauté 7-8 minutes.
- Stir in parsley, wine, seasoning, peppers and purée.
- Partially cover, reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Arrange the eggplant slices in a single layer on baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
- Bake for 30 minutes, turning the slices after 15 minutes.
- Remove from baking sheet, and let cool.
- Cut the eggplant slices into 1/2" pieces, and set aside.
- Combine 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and ricotta cheese; stir well, and set aside.
- Spread 1/2 cup tomato mixture in the bottom of an 11x7" baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Arrange 1-1/2 slices matzo over tomato mixture, and top matzo with half of ricotta cheese mixture, half of eggplant, and half of tomato mixture.
- Repeat the layers, ending with the tomato mixture.
- Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons of Parmesan cheese.
- Cover and bake for 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake an additional 15 minutes.
- Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
ZUCCHINI EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) LOW-CARB LASAGNA
A friend brought this to a pot-luck. No noodles, so lower carb. All the veggies make this recipe pretty healthy, and you can use whatever types of dairy you prefer--whole fat, low fat, it always seems to come out great. I'm going to try a version with soft tofu instead of ricotta.
Provided by MsMcGivee
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h45m
Yield 1 9X13 pan, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Peel eggplant. Slice eggplant and zucchini lengthwise into thin strips (about 1/4 inch). Place on baking sheet, spray with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil these, turning and re-spraying with oil once, until lightly browned on both sides. These are your "noodles". It's time-consuming, but it's SO worth it!
- In a large heavy-bottomed pot, heat olive oil. Saute onion and garlic until just beginning to brown. Add chopped turkey sausage, if using. Cook about 10 minutes. Add red pepper and mushrooms, stirring gently. Cook 5 minutes. Add jarred pasta sauce and thawed spinach (squeeze out most of the liquid). Simmer about 10 more minutes.
- Combine ricotta, cottage cheese, eggs, scallions and nutmeg. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Layer 1/3 of sauce in 9x13 baking dish. Layer 1/2 eggplant and zucchini slices. Top with 1/2 ricotta mixture, 1/3 mozzarella, and 1/3 parmesan.
- Repeat.
- Top with final 1/3 sauce, then mozzarella and parmesan. Cover with foil and bake one hour. Remove foil for last 5-10 minutes.
Tips:
Use fresh, firm eggplants for the best results.
Look for eggplants that are deep purple in color and have smooth, tight skin. Avoid eggplants that are bruised or have blemishes.
Slice the eggplants evenly so they cook evenly.
Use a sharp knife to slice the eggplants into 1/2-inch thick slices. If the slices are too thick, they will take longer to cook and may not cook evenly.
Salt the eggplant slices to remove excess moisture.
Salting the eggplant slices will help to remove excess moisture, which will prevent the lasagna from becoming watery. Sprinkle the eggplant slices with salt and let them sit for 30 minutes before rinsing them off and patting them dry.
Use a variety of cheeses in the lasagna.
Using a variety of cheeses will give the lasagna a more complex flavor. Some good options include ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese.
Bake the lasagna until it is golden brown and bubbly.
The lasagna is done baking when the top is golden brown and bubbly and the cheese is melted and gooey. This usually takes about 30 minutes.
Conclusion:
Eggplant lasagna is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal.
It is a great way to use up leftover eggplant, and it can be customized to your liking. With a little planning, you can have a delicious and satisfying lasagna on the table in no time.
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