03/04/2022
Eggplant Lasagne
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 8 - 10 people
Ingredients
1 large brown onion
3 cloves of garlic
2 medium eggplants
1 sweet yellow chilli
2 kg of homemade bolognaise sauce
12 homemade lasagne sheets
1 kg of mixed and grated cheese (mozzarella, tasty and parmesan )
1 hand full of shredded basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Method
Add the olive oil to a frying pan
Chop and add the onion and garlic and fry
Add the bolognaise sauce to the frying pan
Then peel both of the eggplants, grating one and chopping one into cubes
Cut 1 yellow chilli into pieces
Add all of the ingredients to the sauce
Add 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
Leave to boil for approx. 25 minutes on medium heat stirring regularly
When the sauce is ready:
Add a layer of sauce to the bottom of a square baking dish mixed with a little water
Add the first layer of lasagne sheets
Follow with a layer of sauce and then a layer of cheese
Repeat this process for the next three layers
On the last layer cover with the sauce and add some more water to help the lasagne sheets to cook.
Cover with a lid / foil
Cook for approx 25 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius
When soft add beschemel sauce to the top of the layer.
Beshcemel Sauce
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of butter
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 cup of plain white flour
3 cups of full cream milk
1 pinch of black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
1 cup of grated tasty cheese
1 handful of shredded basil
Add two tablespoons of butter and the garlic to a frypan to melt
Add 1 cup of plain white flower
Fry for approx. 1 minute
Add 3 cups of full cream milk to the mix
Mix together with whisk to make the sauce into a smooth texture.
Add 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg and 1 pinch of black pepper to the mix
If the white sauce is too thick, add more milk until the sauce is a medium texture
Add one cup of grated tasty cheese to the white sauce.
Add 1 handful of fresh shredded basil leaves
Mix together.
Spread the white sauce on the top of the baked lasagne
Put the lasagne back into the over for another 15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius
Bake until golden brown on top.
Serve with grated parmesan cheese !
Enjoy !
