Moussaka

Steps Making Recipes Moussaka using 17 ingredients and 10 steps

Moussaka - 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. Moussaka is to the Greek what Lasagna is to Italians. A rich tomato meat sauce layered with eggplant instead of pasta sheets, and topped with a thick layer of béchamel sauce, this traditional Greek recipe. Learn How to make Traditional Greek Moussaka.

Greek Moussaka recipe - A delicious taste of Greece.

To prepare a traditional Greek Moussaka recipe, luscious layers of juicy beef mince (or lamb) are cooked in a tomato based sauce, layered with.

You can have Moussaka using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients make Moussaka

1. Prepare 2 medium courgettes.
2. Prepare 3 medium potatoes.
3. Prepare 400 gr minced beef.
4. You need 1 can tomatoes.
5. It's 2 onions.
6. Prepare olive oil.
7. It's salt.
8. You need ground black pepper.
9. Prepare cayenne pepper.
10. It's white pepper.
11. Prepare dried oregano.
12. Prepare 2 fresh minced garlics.
13. It's 3 tbsp butter.
14. Prepare 3 tbsp flour.
15. It's 1 cup milk.
16. Prepare 1 egg.
17. You need 30-40 gr grated parmesan cheese.

Moussaka instructions

1. Slice the courgettes and place them on the bottom of a greased ceramic dish. I've added some salt and ground black pepper.
2. Cook the sliced onions and beef till it gets almost ready. Add some salt, white pepper and ground black pepper. I've added 1 hot green pepper to get extra spicy.
3. Add the tomato can, oregano, garlic, cayenne pepper.
4. Place the mixture to the ceramic dish.
5. Start preparing the cheese sauce by warming up the butter in a deeper pan. Add the flour. Remove from the heat and start adding the milk on small doses..
6. In a small bow beat the egg and add some of the hot sauce.
7. Mix the 2 mixtures and stir well. Add some salt and ground black pepper.
8. Plece the potatoes in the ceramic dish.
9. Add the cheese sauce on top and bake in a preheated oven for 45min on 150 C.
10. Bon appetit.

Moussaka - This moussaka provides a wonderful meal for a family occasion and is made with the traditional lamb mince. This moussaka is mostly authentic with a couple of twists for added flavor. Many very traditional versions of moussaka use a layer of potatoes. Most modern versions do not which is a shame. This Mighty Moussaka is packed with layers and layers of eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, meat and, of course, a creamy bechamel sauce. This was delicious but definitely takes a while (as I think any moussaka recipe does). An authentic, delicious recipe for Eggplant Moussaka- perfect for entertaining or serving at a special gathering. Thank you and good luck