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Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto

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Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto

A low carb lasagna cutting more than half of the calories than regular lasagna by using eggplant in place of pasta! Layered with so much Mozzarella cheese and a Ricotta Pesto…no one will miss the usual carb loaded lasagna.

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Salted Eggplant ‘sheets’ are drizzled with garlic olive oil and pan roasted to enhance their flavour…

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

And a rich and rustic bolognese is made with slices of beef sausage instead of the usual beef mice…

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

Layered in the same way as lasagna…

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

….only guilt free with those garlic roasted eggplant slices.

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

Baked until all of the cheese have melted over the top and throughout. And watch that ricotta bubbling through the Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

Completely messy, rustic and cheesy…

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com
Who needs pasta anyway?

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna With Ricotta Pesto | https://cafedelites.com

Sausage Eggplant Lasagna

A carb free, healthy lasagna cutting more than half of the calories than regular lasagna by using eggplant in place of pasta! Layered with so much Mozzarella cheese and a Ricotta Pesto, no one will miss the usual carb loaded lasagna.

Weight Watchers: 11pp per serve.
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Serves: 6

Ingredients

Lasagna:

  • 3 large eggplants , sliced lengthways into 1-cm strips
  • Drizzle olive oil
  • Salt to season
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion , finely chopped
  • 540 g | 19oz beef sausages , sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves , crushed
  • 2 x 400g | 14oz cans crushed tomatoes
  • small pinch of sugar (or a natural sweetener if following low carb)
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable stock powder
  • 1/2 cup basil leaves , chopped
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Ricotta Pesto

  • 250 g | 9oz ricotta (or mascarpone) cheese
  • 4 tablespoons basil pesto

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C. Spray 2 oven trays with cooking oil spray. Arrange eggplant slices in a single layer on oven trays; drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Toss to evenly coat with your hands. Roast for 20 minutes, turning after 10 minutes, or until tender and golden. Set aside to cool.
  • Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes or until light golden. Add the sausages and fry until browned and cooked through. Stir garlic through and cook until fragrant. Add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes or until sauce thickens. Season with salt to taste, a pinch of sugar, stock powder and basil.
  • Place ricotta, pesto, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix until well combined.
  • Grease a 6cm deep, 20cm (base) square ovenproof dish. Spread a third of the tomato sauce over the base of the pan. Add the eggplant slices over the top. Sprinkle 1/3 of the cheese over the eggplant. Layer with another layer of sauce, eggplant and mozzarella cheese. Repeat layering with eggplant, sauce and half of the ricotta. Finish the top layer with sauce and remaining ricotta. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cheese is golden and bubbling. Serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 519kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 25.2g | Cholesterol: 10.2mg | Fiber: 11.8g
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Comments

  1. Jannice says

    December 15, 2019 at 5:38 am

    It’s in the oven now, and it smells delicious, can’t wait to serve this!!!

    Reply
  2. Gwenn Feliciano says

    July 19, 2018 at 5:31 am

    4 stars
    I made this it was awesome! I would omit the salt on everything but the eggplant! I used mascarpone as suggested and it was amazing…

    Reply
  3. Star says

    February 28, 2017 at 4:44 am

    Can I make this ahead of time?

    Reply
  4. Kristi | Necessary Indulgences says

    July 25, 2016 at 10:54 pm

    5 stars
    I made this last night and it was fantastic! Thank you for the recipe.

    Reply
  5. Danielle Petrella says

    February 29, 2016 at 7:03 am

    What temperature should the oven be when you put it in the over for 20 minutes at the end?

    Reply
    • Karina says

      February 29, 2016 at 7:39 am

      Hi Danielle. The oven is preheated to 180C (350F) 🙂

      Reply
  6. Jen says

    February 17, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    3 stars
    My cheese didn’t come nice and runny like yours. The ricotta was dry clumps. Should I have mixed it with cream or something?

    Reply
    • Karina says

      February 19, 2016 at 11:39 am

      Hmmm I’m not sure as to why that happened? Did it cook out thinner than clumps? Was your ricotta a smooth type of ricotta?

      Reply
  7. katieecrawford says

    October 30, 2015 at 1:40 am

    Everything about this is amazing! Eggplant instead of pasta?! Done. Pesto ricotta? Check. Cannot wait to make this!

    Reply
    • Karina says

      October 30, 2015 at 5:50 pm

      Katie I’m so glad you think so! I hope you do try this one!

      Reply
  8. mila furman says

    October 14, 2015 at 3:43 pm

    Karina!!! This looks so incredible!!! I do not know how I keep missing your posts!!! But this is fantastic!

    Reply
    • Karina says

      October 17, 2015 at 7:44 pm

      Haha thank you Mila!

      Reply

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