Moussaka
Moussaka

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive 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.

Heat a frying pan over a high heat. If they look a little dry during cooking, add a dash more olive oil. Set aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper.

Moussaka is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Moussaka is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook moussaka using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:
  1. Make ready 1 kg eggplants
  2. Prepare 1 kg potatoes
  3. Get 125 g kefalotyri cheese, grated (you can substitute it with Pecorino Romano or Parmezan)
  4. Prepare salt, pepper, sugar
  5. Get 1/2 bunch parsley, finely chopped
  6. Get Meat filling
  7. Take 1 kg ground beef
  8. Make ready 350 g chopped peeled tomatoes
  9. Prepare 1-2 tbsp tomato paste
  10. Get 125 ml white wine (retsina if available)
  11. Take 2 onions, finely chopped
  12. Make ready 75 ml olive oil
  13. Take 1 beef stock cube
  14. Take 4 egg whites
  15. Make ready 1 pinch each cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt
  16. Make ready 2-4 cloves garlic
  17. Make ready herbs1 tbsp parsley, 1 tbsp mint, all chopped finely
  18. Get spices2 pinches oregano, 1 pinch each of ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground coriander, and 1/2 of a bay leaf.
  19. Make ready 4 cups bechamel sauce (with the 4 egg yolks)

Greek moussaka made in individual dishes with lamb mince, tomato, oregano and a hit of cinnamon layered with aubergine slices and baked with a fluffy topping. Prepare ahead - best eaten on the day. For the lamb sauce, heat two teaspoons of the oil in a pan. Add the onions and garlic and fry until just beginning to brown.

Steps to make Moussaka:
  1. Slice the eggplants into long slices, approximately 1 cm thick.  Salt them, and let them stand for 30 minutes.  Wash the salt off, strain them and pat them very dry with kitchen paper.
  2. Slice the potatoes into 1 cm thick slices and fry them as well as the eggplants, in plenty of hot oil.  Let them strain on absorbent paper.
  3. Prepare the meat filling.  In a saucepan, bring the oil to heat and lightly sauté the onion and the ground beef, until the ground beef is no longer pink.  Add the wine and the stock cube.  Add the spices, a little water and let the meat simmer for 45 minutes.
  4. Then add the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, herbs, and the salt.  Allow to simmer until the sauce has thickened.
  5. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little.  Stir in the egg whites.
  6. Prepare  the bechamel sauce.  Take care to only add the egg yolks once the sauce has cooled a little.
  7. In an ovenproof dish, layer first the potato slices, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with half the chopped parsley, a little sugar, and 1/3 of the grated cheese. Next layer the meat filling, and finish off with a layer of the eggplant slices, which we season as the potatoes.  Spread the bechamel sauce over, sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese, and bake at 180 degrees for approximately 1 hour.

Add the minced lamb and fry. The meat sauce can be frozen. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Drain off the fat in a sieve, then return the meat to the pan. Difficulty. Αdd to my "Recipe Book" Need to login.

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