Lamb and Eggplant Casserole
Lamb and Eggplant Casserole

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This savory lamb and eggplant dish is flavored with tomatoes, sweet onion, spices, and fresh lemon juice, and baked in the oven until the casserole is bubbly and the vegetables are tender. Serve over rice or enjoy it with crusty bread, butter, and a nice glass of red wine. With its layers of golden eggplant, cinnamon-scented lamb, and sweet tomato sauce topped with melted cheese, this traditional Lebanese dish is made for celebratory meals and gatherings. Lamb and eggplant stew combine two traditional Lebanese ingredients into a tasty stew.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook lamb and eggplant casserole using 25 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Lamb and Eggplant Casserole:
  1. Prepare Eggplant
  2. Take 1 large aubergine eggplant
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  4. Take 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
  5. Get 1 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
  6. Prepare 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  7. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground paprika
  8. Take Lamb and casserole
  9. Prepare 1 pound ground lamb
  10. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  11. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  12. Get 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
  13. Make ready 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
  14. Make ready 2 cloves garlic sliced
  15. Prepare 1/3 cup diced shallots
  16. Make ready 1 pound penne rigata
  17. Make ready 25 ounces good quality tomato marinara sauce so pasta cooks
  18. Get 12 ounces water
  19. Get 29 ounces whole San Marzano tomatoes
  20. Get Cheeses
  21. Make ready 1 cup cup grated Parmesan cheese in sauce
  22. Take 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese topping
  23. Get 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
  24. Get 8 ounces fontina cheese topping
  25. Take 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese topping

Remove foil and top eggplant evenly with mozzarella. Tip The combination of savory and sweet in the eggplant with lamb calls for a dry red wine with lively acidity and spicy flavors. Begin lamb sauce while eggplant is roasting. Add ground lamb, breaking meat up with a wooden spoon.

Steps to make Lamb and Eggplant Casserole:
  1. Preheat oven to 425° Fahrenheit. Wash peel and ice the eggplant
  2. Add to a 9x13 pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Season with the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Drizzle with olive oil. Roast in oven 35 minutes.
  3. Slice the garlic and shallots heat oil in the frying pan. Add the rosemary, garlic, and shallots to hot oil allow to fry. Get the lamb and add to the spiced oil and begin to brown.
  4. At this point the pasta is totally uncooked. Add the pasta and whole tomatoes. Mash the tomatoes up
  5. Now take the marinara sauce add it. Take and fill half the jar with water, and shake jar with lid on it well. Pour into pan and cook till pasta is Al dente.
  6. When the eggplant is done add some of the mozzarella cheese on top of roasted eggplant, about 1/3 of a cup. Add the 1 cup to the sauce. Stir in well.
  7. Add casserole on top of the roasted eggplant with cheese on it. Spread it out and add Parmesan on top.
  8. Get the fontina cheese and break it up into chunks. Add mozzarella cheese on top then spread the fontina chunks over the top. Fontina melts really good. Bake in oven 30 minutes.
  9. Serve I hope you enjoy!!!

Begin lamb sauce while eggplant is roasting. Add ground lamb, breaking meat up with a wooden spoon. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside to drain on paper towels. Brown the tomato slices in the same pan and set aside. Place a layer of half the fried eggplant in an ovenproof casserole dish.

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