Eggplant Lasagna

• Yield: Makes 1- 1/2 sheet pan (8 to 10 persons)
• Ingredients:
• 2 large eggplant (choose firm vegetables with little or no bruising)
• 28 ounces of fresh plum tomatoes
• 2 cups of sweet onion, 1 cup chopped
• 1- cup of fresh basil chopped, 1/2 cup chopped
• 1-cup of fresh flat leaf parsley, 1/2 cup chopped
• 1 tsp. dried oregano
• 1 tsp. of ground fennel seed
• 1 tablespoon of cracked blk pepper
• 1/4 tsp. of crushed red pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons of sea salt
• 2 #'s of ground chicken or turkey breast
• 8 ounces of low or no - fat cottage cheese

1. Preparation:
2. Slice the eggplant horizontally 1/8-inch thick and layout on sheet pans over paper towels
3. sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of sea salt and set aside to "sweat." Puree fresh tomato with
4. crushed red pepper, 1 cup- onion, 1/2 tbs of sea salt, 1/2 cup of basil, and 1/2 cup of
5. parsley (stems removed.) Bring tomato mixture to simmer on stove over medium low
6. heat carefully not to burn the bottom and let cook at a slow simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Brown poultry in a large skillet with cooking spray, add cup of chopped onion, 1/4 cup of
8. chopped basil, 1/4 cup of chopped parsley, oregano, fennel seed, 1/2 tsp of blk pepper
9. and pinch of sea salt. Drain cottage cheese and mix with remaining fresh herbs and blk
10. pepper. Rinse thoroughly and pat dry all of the eggplant slices.
11. Begin with a 2 inch deep baking pan, coat bottom of the pan with your fresh tomato
12. sauce, cover with eggplant, layer with drowned meat and dollop with cottage cheese
13. mixture. Continue until all of the eggplant is gone top with additional fresh tomato basil
14. sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and then foil (the acid in the tomato will eat through the
15. foil if you omit the 1st layer) Bake covered in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes, un-cover
16. completely and continue baking for an additional 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let
17. stand 10 minutes before cutting.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/eggplant-lasagna-50119751 (may not work)