Recipe

Luscious Lamb Lasagna with Eggplant and Spinach

Luscious Lamb Lasagna with Eggplant and Spinach

Photo by Mariya

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Baked Pasta
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    Mariya's Notes:

    Since lamb is one of my favorite meats, I decided to incorporate it into a traditional, comfort food favorite.

Serves 4

  1. Boil lasagna noodles until al dente; butter and reserve.

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  2. Sautee onions in olive oil until just golden.

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  3. Add lamb to onions and sautee until almost done, season; reserve.

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  4. Sweat shallot in olive oil, add eggplant and thyme, cook until soft, season, add spinach, mix, and turn pan off; reserve.

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  5. In a bowl, mix ricotta, parsley, Gruyere, and season.

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  6. Assemble: in a round baking dish, one ladle of tomato, lay down 3 noodles, top with ricotta mixture, top with lamb, top with eggplant mixture, top with Parm; repeat.

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  7. Top last noodle layer with Ricotta mixture and extra Parm.

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  8. Bake covered, in a 400F oven, for 10 min; uncover and bake 20 min longer.

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Reply

Trying this tonight!

Susan_headshot Reply

I'm not a big fan of lamb, but you're definitely tempting me with your recipe. The flavors of ricotta, eggplant and spinach sound delicious.

Emerils_dessert Reply

Hope you try it! It's delicious =)

Img_0828 Reply

Sounds like a wonderful blend of flavors.

Emerils_dessert Reply

Thanks!

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