In memory of my Mom and Dad, Eggplant Casserole

Name: In memory of my Mom and Dad, Eggplant Casserole
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 12 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 large onion diced; 2 large aubergine; 4 cups hand crushed tomatoes; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; as needed salt; 3 cup water; 1-1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder; 2-1/2 pounds ground beef; 1 cup butter crackers I used Ritz; 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated fine; 6 ounce can of tomato paste; 15 ounce can tomato sauce; 1 teaspoon ground white pepper powder; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper powder; 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese divided; 1 cup sharp shredded cheddar cheese divided; 1/2 cup hand crushed butter crackers for topping

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

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Ingredients

1-1/2 hours

12 people

Vegetables
1large onion diced
2large aubergine
4 cupshand crushed tomatoes
1 teaspoondried oregano
as neededsalt
Meat Sauce
3 cupwater
1-1/2 teaspoongranulated garlic powder
2-1/2 poundsground beef
1 cupbutter crackers I used Ritz
1 cupParmesan cheese grated fine
6 ouncecan of tomato paste
15 ouncecan tomato sauce
1 teaspoonground white pepper powder
1 teaspoonground black pepper powder
cheeses and layers
1 cupgrated Parmesan cheese divided
1 cupsharp shredded cheddar cheese divided
1/2 cuphand crushed butter crackers for topping

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Steps

1-1/2 hours

1

Bring water to boil and preheat oven to 425° Fahrenheit. Put the tomatoes into the boiling water and let it stay around 20-30 seconds. Remove the skin from the tomatoes. Peel and dice the aubergine. Salt the aubergine and allow to rest 30 minutes. Brown the ground beef adding the spices.
2

Dice your onion. Drain and rinse the diced aubergine, the liquid should be dark. Add the onion and aubergine to the ground beef.
3

Remove the stem areas on the tomatoes. Traditionally we crushed the tomatoes by hand. Stir them into the beef. Add the water.
4

Stir in the paste and sauce. Crush the crackers and mix just the crackers and Parmesan. Stir this mixture into the meat sauce. Retain an extra 1/2 a cup of the crushed crackers for the topping.
5

Take a pan and coat the bottom of the pan add a little cheese to cover and continue a couple of times making layers.
6

Let it rest 10 minutes then add the cracker toppings and shredded cheese toppings. Bake 20 minutes. Let rest 15 minutes and serve.
7

Serve, I hope you enjoy!!! This was my mom and dads favorite way to eat eggplant except she also loved it fried. Happy Holidays.

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skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

on December 05, 2025 18:10

Dover, Florida

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