Garfield's Lasagna Recipe With Minced Meat And Italian Spices

Step 1: To begin crafting this recipe, firstly, preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius

Step 2: Cut eggplants into thin circles and dredge with a teaspoon of salt

Step 3: Preparing Eggplants/ MushroomLeave for ten minutes and then squeeze out water, pressing the eggplants between palms

Step 4: Rub/bast olive oil on the eggplants and put into hot oven for ten minutes or till they change color and appear cooked

Step 5: Keep aside

Step 6: If using mushrooms, mushrooms are to be quartered and sautéed with a teaspoon of olive oil until slightly done

Step 7: It takes about 2 minutes on medium flame

Step 8: Lasagne Pasta SheetsIn a large bring salted water to boil and put in the Del Monte lasagne pasta sheets

Step 9: Allow it to cook to al dente- about 8 to 10 minutes

Step 10: Remove and drain

Step 11: Drizzle a little olive oil over them so they don't stick

Step 12: In a large frying pan, add enough oil, heat and fry the onions till translucent

Step 13: Add the garlic and then the minced meat

Step 14: Let it brown a bit and then cover and cook over low heat, for ten minutes

Step 15: Add the pureed tomatoes, the Del Monte pasta paste, herbs, pepper and salt and let it again cook on a low fire till the meat is a thick, mushy consistency

Step 16: Add the fresh, torn basil leaves last

Step 17: Keep one tablespoon of cheese aside

Step 18: In a bowl, beat eggs lightly, add the remaining cheeses, beat again and keep aside

Step 19: BakingIn a flat bottomed lasagna pan, ladle 1/3 rd of the meat sauce to cover the bottom

Step 20: Gently place 3 pasta sheets to cover the meat, overlapping them a bit

Step 21: Scatter 1/3rd of the mushrooms or processed eggplants over the pasta

Step 22: Use about 1/3 rd of the egg-cheese mixture to drizzle over the top of the mushrooms

Step 23: Repeat the process till three layers of the sauce, pasta, veggies and egg sauce is done

Step 24: Over the last layer of egg sauce, scatter the grated cheese

Step 25: Bake at 180 degrees for an hour

Step 26: Let it sit for about ten minutes before digging into it

Step 27: The lasagne can be eaten with just some fresh salad like Carrot Beet Amaranth and Vanilla Panacotta for a welcoming accompaniment with a glass of wine