Recipe: Perfect Eggplant Casserole IV

Eggplant Casserole IV.

You can have Eggplant Casserole IV using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Eggplant Casserole IV

1. It's of Soaking.
2. It's 1 of large eggplant aubergine.
3. You need As needed of salt.
4. You need As needed of water to rinse eggplant.
5. Prepare of Meat sauce.
6. You need 2 pound of ground sirloin/beef.
7. You need 1 of large onion.
8. Prepare 2 tablespoons of parsley flakes.
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.
10. Prepare 1-1/2 cup of roasted sweet peppers.
11. It's 16 ounces of diced tomatoes.
12. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
13. You need To taste of ground black peppe.
14. It's 1/2 teaspoon of marjoram.
15. It's 1/2 teaspoon of savory.
16. It's 16 ounces of tomato sauce.
17. Prepare 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder.
18. It's 1 of rib/stalk celery sliced thinly.
19. Prepare of Layers.
20. It's 2 cups of shredded gouda cheese.
21. Prepare 1 cup of chopped black ripened olives.
22. Prepare 2 cup of shredded Monterey jack and cheddar cheese.

Eggplant Casserole IV step by step

1. Peel and slice the eggplant into thin slices. Salt each slice on both sides. Let sit for 30 minutes then rinse..
2. Wash all the vegetables. Preheat oven to 400°Fahrenheit chop the celery, leaves and all. Slice the peppers and onions..
3. Heat pot and brown the beef with the onions, peppers, tomatoes, celery, add spices and simmer 10 minutes..
4. Add tomato sauce and tomato paste, adjust the salt and pepper if more is needed..
5. Heat a skillet and lightly brown the eggplant..
6. In a 10 inch oven safe pan add a thin layer of meat sauce. Cover with part of the eggplant slices. Then add the colby Monterey jack cheese..
7. Chop and slice the olives. Add olives over most of the top..
8. More meat sauce. Eggplant. Then aged Italian blend.
9. Meat sauce and shredded gouda cheese. Put into the oven for 35-40 minutes..
10. Let rest 15 minutes serve I hope you enjoy!.