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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cook ground round in a skillet until browned, stirring to crumble meat. Drain, reserving 3 tbsp drippings. Set meat and drippings aside. | 2. Cook sausage in skillet until browned, stirring to crumble meat -- if in casings, remove casings. Drain, set aside. | 3. Combine ground round, reserved drippings, tomatoes, and next 9 ingredients in a Dutch oven. Cook, uncovered, over medium-low heat 2 hours. Remove and discard bay leaves. | 4. Cut eggplant into 1/4 inch slices. Saute eggplant in olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until almost tender; drain. | 5. Spread 1 1/2 cups tomato mixture in a 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Layer half each of eggplant slices, shredded mozzarella cheese, grated parmesan cheese, reserved sausage, and tomato mixture. Repeat layers. | 6. Top with mozzarella cheese strips. | 7. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until lightly browned and thoroughly heated. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
	1	lb	ground	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
italian sausage	1		mild	1569.4315	2.9484	64.637	142.1107
italian tomato	1	can	undrained	-	-	-	-
tomato puree	1	can		312.36	73.8156	13.562999999999999	1.7262
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
water	3 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar	1/4	cup		201.495	50.398999999999994	0.0	0.0
garlic clove	2		crushed	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
bay leaf	3			-	-	-	-
basil	1	tablespoon	chopped	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
basil	1	teaspoon	chopped	0.6095	0.0702	0.0835	0.017
oregano	1	tablespoon	chopped	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
oregano	1	teaspoon	chopped	2.65	0.6892	0.09	0.0428
salt pepper				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
eggplant	1			-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
mozzarella cheese	2	cups	grated	-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1 1/2	1/2	grated	444.0	48.0	48.0	6.0
mozzarella cheese	1	package	cut	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.