Eggplant and cheese casserole

Mitlof (meat casserole) can be called a classic American food. In fact, the recipe was brought from Europe along with German immigrants who settled in the state Pennsylvania. With its appearance, the dish really resembles bread. Fans of hearty dishes with bright сочетанием вкуса баклажана и сыра. Time: 55 мин.Difficulty: easy. Servings: 6-8. Measured containers are used in recipes. volume: 1 cup (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cups (st.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (Art.) – 60 ml. 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml.

Ingredients for the recipe:

Mitlof

• 900 g ground beef
• 2/3 Art. chopped basil
• 2/3 Art. finely grated parmesan
• 2/3 Art. canned tomato sauce with basil
• 1/3 Art. breadcrumbs
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 3 large cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 2 large eggs at room temperature
• 1 small onion, finely chopped

Eggplant

• 1/4 Art. l olive oil
• 1 medium eggplant, trim the stem and the opposite tip, cut into 6-8 circles 1 cm wide.
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
• From 1/3 to 3/4 Art. canned tomato sauce with basil, additional portion for serving
• 1/2 tbsp. whole milk mozzarella, grate coarsely

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Recipe preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C.
2. To prepare mitlof should be mixed until homogeneous ground beef, basil, parmesan, tomato sauce with basil, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, garlic, eggs and onions. Distribute the resulting mixture on a baking sheet with non-stick coated. Bake until fully cooked or until piercing a crust of meat bread with a cooking thermometer, the appliance fix the temperature at 71 ° C. – 20-25 minutes.
3. For cooking eggplant in a large frying pan over medium heat heat the oil. Take turns to place the circles in the pan eggplant, fry for 2-3 minutes. until lightly golden crust. Turn the circles over, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook another 3 minutes.
4. Spread circles in a single layer on top of mitlof. Add 1 – 1.5 tbsp. l tomato-basil sauce in the center of each eggplant. Sprinkle mozzarella roll, bake for another 5 minutes. – before the beginning melting cheese.
5. Cut mitlof into 6-8 parts, each serve with an additional portion of tomato-basil sauce.