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🍆🧀 Layered Eggplant Bake with Creamy Béchamel ✨

If you’re looking for a comforting, cheesy, and flavor-packed meal, this Layered Eggplant Bake is guaranteed to become a family favorite! ❤️ Tender roasted eggplant, a rich and savory beef filling, silky homemade béchamel, and a golden cheesy topping… every bite is pure comfort! 😍

🍽️ Serves: 5–6
🛒 Ingredients:
🍆 Eggplant
✨ 3–5 eggplants (depending on size)
🫒 Olive oil
🧂 Salt
🧀 200 g shredded Kashar, Gouda, or mozzarella

🥩 Beef Filling:
🥩 500–700 g ground beef
🧈 1 tbsp butter
🧅 1 onion, finely chopped
🧄 1 garlic clove, minced
🌶️ 1 red pointed pepper, finely chopped
🫑 3 green peppers, finely chopped
🍅 3–4 peeled tomatoes, blended (or 300 ml tomato passata)
🍅 1½ tbsp tomato paste
🥄 1 tsp vegetable bouillon powder
🌶️ 1 tsp sweet paprika
🌶️ 1 tsp red pepper flakes
🧂 Salt & black pepper
🌿 Fresh parsley

🤍 Creamy Béchamel:

🧈 2 tbsp butter
🥄 2 tbsp flour
🥛 500 ml milk
🧂 Salt, black pepper

🍅 Tomato Sauce:
💧 300 ml water
🍅 1 tbsp tomato paste
🧂 ½ tsp salt
🫒 1 tbsp oil

👩‍🍳 Directions
🍆 Roast the Eggplants
Slice the eggplants into 2 cm thick slices, brush with olive oil, season with salt, and bake at 200°C (fan) for 25–30 minutes until tender.
🥩 Prepare the Filling
Brown the beef, then cook with butter, onion, garlic, and peppers. Stir in the tomato paste, blended tomatoes, spices, and parsley. Simmer for 10 minutes until rich and flavorful.

🤍 Make the Béchamel
Cook the butter and flour until lightly golden. Slowly whisk in the milk until smooth and thick. Season with salt, pepper.

🍅 Mix the Tomato Sauce
Whisk together the water, tomato paste, salt, and oil.

🧀 Assemble
Layer roasted eggplant, meat filling, and béchamel. Add another eggplant slice, repeat the filling and sauce, then finish with plenty of shredded cheese. Pour the tomato sauce around the layers.

🔥 Bake at 180°C for 20–25 minutes, until the cheese is beautifully golden and bubbling.

✨ Tip: Assemble everything a few hours in advance and bake just before serving—perfect for family dinners or entertaining guests!

❤️ Serve with a crisp green salad 🥗, fluffy rice 🍚, or warm crusty bread 🥖.

Enjoy every cheesy, creamy, delicious bite! 😍🍆🧀

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