Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Moussaka is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Moussaka is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Here is a great recipe for moussaka, a Greek dish. It includes sliced eggplant baked in a ground beef sauce and then smothered in a thin white sauce. The wonderful Akis Petretzikis has a fantastic moussaka recipe using baked vegetables instead of fried to make it that little bit lighter. Moussaka is to the Greek what Lasagna is to Italians.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have moussaka using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:
- Get 1 large aubergine sliced
- Prepare 1 large potato thinly sliced
- Make ready 1 zucchini sliced
- Make ready Olive oil
- Take 100 gms butter
- Take 100 gms flour
- Get 1 large onion chopped fine
- Get 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
- Get 3/4 th cup milk
- Take 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Prepare Salt as per taste
- Prepare 1 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- Take 150 gms shredded gouda cheese 100 gms shredded parmesan
- Make ready 1 beaten egg
- Prepare 500 gms minced lamb meat
- Make ready 2 large tomatoes chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp oregano
The very best traditional Greek Moussaka recipe. Greek moussaka (mousaka) is one of the most popular dishes in Greece, served in almost every tavern and prepared in every household on special. Let cool, then cover and chill, or freeze up to This is my go to Moussaka recipe, as good as my fav Greek restaurant. I used dried mint and oregano and.
Instructions to make Moussaka:
- In a skillet pan fry potato, zucchini and aubergine until golden brown and set aside (you could deep fry)
- Place butter in a deep bottom pan and melt on medium heat, add flour stirring constantly so no lumps are formed for about a minute or two
- Turn heat to low and whisk in milk, continue to cook on medium heat until sauce thickens, turn heat off, now whisk 50 gms parmesan and 100 gms gouda cheese and incorporate until melted, then whisk in egg until nice and smooth, check for seasoning, add nutmeg and set aside
- In skillet add 1tbsp oil, add lamb and cook until brown, now add onions, garlic and continue to cook till onions are translucent appropriately 8 minutes, add chilli powder, cinnamon, pepper, oregano and 1/2tsp salt and mix well
- Add tomatoes, mix and let it all cook until tomatoes have disintegrated, once cooked set aside
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
- In a baking dish, layer potato at the bottom of the dish, top with cooked lamb, then layer aubergine, top with lamb layer, now arrange zucchini and top with lamb
- Pour white sauce on top of lamb, sprinkle remaining cheese and bake for 50 minutes.
- Cool and serve with a side of salad or garlic bread. Leftover (not likely to have any) can be refrigerated stored for 4 days in air tight container
Let cool, then cover and chill, or freeze up to This is my go to Moussaka recipe, as good as my fav Greek restaurant. I used dried mint and oregano and. This classic Greek moussaka recipe is made by layering eggplant and potatoes with a spiced meat filling and topping it with a béchamel sauce. The preparation of moussaka differs in Turkey, Greece and Lebanon. Moussaka is a classic Greek comfort food.
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