Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, mike's sausage eggplant parmesan. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

If using bulk sausage simply break up. Put the sausage in a frying pan and cook over medium heat until well brown and the fat has rendered out. Layer the eggplant overlapping the slices.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mike's sausage eggplant parmesan using 33 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mike's Sausage Eggplant Parmesan:

1. Prepare Meat
2. Make ready 1 1/2 lb Italian Sausage [in casing]
3. Make ready 2 tbsp Olive Oil
4. Take Homemade Red Sauce
5. Get 5 medium Roma Tomatoes [cut into 1" cubes]
6. Prepare 1 can 28 oz Crushed Or Stewed Tomatoes
7. Get 2 can 6 oz Tomato Paste
8. Prepare 2 can 15 oz Tomato Sauce
9. Prepare 1/3 cup Fresh Garlic [rough chop-packed]
10. Get 1 tbsp Sun Dried Tomatoes [fine chopped-packed]
11. Make ready 7 large Basil Leaves [rough chop]
12. Get 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley [rough chop-loose pack]
13. Prepare 1 large White Onion [chopped]
14. Prepare 2/3 cup Fresh Celery [chopped with leaves]
15. Get 1 tsp Each: Italian Seasoning - Onion Powder - Salt
16. Get 1/2 tsp Each: Black Pepper - Red Pepper Flakes Or Red Pepper Oil
17. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp Brown Sugar
18. Get 2/3 cup Black Olives [halved]
19. Make ready 1/4 cup Cabernet Sauvignon [a quality bottle]
20. Make ready 1/4 tsp Fennel Seeds
21. Take 1/4 tsp Baking Soda [x 2 to decrease acidity if needed]
22. Prepare Eggplant
23. Make ready 2 large Eggplants [room temperature-slice about 1/4" thick]
24. Make ready 1 box 8 oz Panko Bread Crumbs
25. Prepare 1 cup Chopped Fresh Parsley
26. Prepare 1 tbsp Each: Garlic Powder - Onion Powder - Italian Seasoning
27. Get 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese [powdered in the bottle]
28. Get 5 Fresh Eggs [mix in separate bowl]
29. Get 3 cup High Heat Frying Oil
30. Take Layer Toppers
31. Take 2 box 8 oz Fresh Grated Parmesan Cheese
32. Make ready 1 Additional Fresh Parsley
33. Get 1 Additional Fresh Basil

This Eggplant Parmesan uses one large eggplant, fresh mozzarella and parmesan cheese, panko bread crumbs, eggs and your favorite tomato sauce of choice along with some italian spices. You can also add spinach to this recipe if desired, either way your going to fall in love with this recipe. Eggplant slices are dipped in egg and bread crumbs and then baked, instead of fried. The slices are layered with spaghetti sauce, mozzarella and I have never tried to prepare eggplant although eggplant parmesan is my fav at the restaurant.not anymore!

Instructions to make Mike's Sausage Eggplant Parmesan:

1. Canned goods and other items needed.
2. Pull sausage from its casings and fry with 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large, thick bottom pot.
3. Add everything in the Homemade Red Sauce Section to that same pot and simmer for up to 3 hours, stirring regularly.
4. After boiling your sauce for some time, if you find your sauce tastes too acidic, [you feel as though it needs sugar] add 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda to your boiling mixture, simmer and taste. Add an additional 1/4 teaspoon if you feel it's needed. Your sauce will foam up momentarily but no worries, it'll settle right down. Fine grated carrots will also calm any acidity if you don't have any Baking Soda on hand and you have the full 3 hours to simmer them down.
5. Mix everything in your Panko Crumb Mixture Section except for the oil in a larger bowl and beat your eggs in a separate larger bowl.
6. Slice [room temperature] Eggplants to about 1/4" thickness, dip in egg mixture, coat in seasoned Panko Crumb Mixture and fry on high for about 2 minutes on each side then drain on paper towels. Don't over fry but you will want crispy eggplants.
7. Ladle Red Sauce on the bottom of a sprayed or non stick disposable serving tray. Lay fried Eggplant on top of that. Like making a Lasagne, add more sauce and Parmesan and lay more Eggplant. Repeat process until all Eggplant is positioned. Make this dish with as many layers as your pan can handle or create 2 levels and make two 9x12 pans worth. Top with Red Sauce, Parsley, fresh Basil and additional Parmesan Cheese.
8. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°.
9. This recipe makes two 9"x12" sheets with two layers of Eggplant. Allow dish to sit for 3 minutes before serving. Try serving this with a wedge salad, garlic bread and a quality Cabernet Sauvignon!

I'll make this at home healthier and. Add sausage and cook until no longer pink; drain. Chop briefly in food processor to break into small pieces. Stir into sauce; continue to simmer. In a shallow bowl, whisk together eggs and buttermilk.

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