In August, my mother-in-law brought me a huge eggplant from the market, leaving me wondering what to do with it. Meredith is still off garlic, so a giant tub of baba ghannouj wasn't going to happen.
I also had a container of ricotta cheese I had bought on sale without any particular plans, so I started looking for eggplant lasagna recipes. The one that caught my eye used tortilla as well (to capture some of the moisture, I assume) and it looked like an appetizing base. In the original recipe, it was presented far nicer than anything I could do: baked in individual mini-lasagna pans with dainty layers of flavour presented quite nicely.
That's not my style (I'm lazy), so I opted for the casserole dish instead. It also helped use as much of that giant eggplant as I could. The pile of sliced eggplant was huge.
1 container (400g) ricotta
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tbsp dried parsley
3 tbsp fresh basil, minced
1/4 tsp nutmeg
salt, pinch or to taste
1 medium eggplant, thinly sliced (optional: peel first)
3 tortillas sliced into 3” strips
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
2 cups tomato sauce
additional Parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
- In a, bowl mix the ricotta and Parmesan and fold in the egg, parsley, basil, nutmeg, and salt. Cover and refrigerate.
- Assemble the lasagna as follows:
- tortilla
- cheese mixture
- shredded cheese
- sauce
- eggplant (gently press down on the eggplant)
- cheese mixture
- shredded cheese
- sauce
- Complete the cycle two more times for a total of 24 layers, ending with sauce.
- Sprinkle Parmesan on the final layer.
- Bake for 50 minutes and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
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Never heard a lasagna with a tortilla...very innovative.
ReplyDeleteNice! I'm lovin' the thought of the tortilla layered in the lasagna...I can almost taste it (I wish)!
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool recipe.innovative indeed!.Since my hubby is the biggest eggplantoholic ..I might just try it :)
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very creative recipe love it thanks so much for visiting my blog Rebecca
ReplyDeleteI love this Dan, a Mexican lasagna! :o) Great idea. I'm envious how creative you are. You either have that ability or you don't and I don't, lol! Have a good one!
ReplyDeleteCreative enough to know which crazy ideas to steal! I saw a variation of this using mini lasagna pans (1/2 doz squares in a single baking pan). That looked like too much work, so I guess the creative part is my laziness :-)
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