Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Moussaka is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Moussaka is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have moussaka using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:
- Make ready 1 large aubergine sliced
- Prepare 1 large potato thinly sliced
- Prepare 1 zucchini sliced
- Prepare Olive oil
- Prepare 100 gms butter
- Make ready 100 gms flour
- Take 1 large onion chopped fine
- Get 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
- Make ready 3/4 th cup milk
- Make ready 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Take 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- Prepare Salt as per taste
- Get 1 tsp pepper
- Prepare 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- Make ready 150 gms shredded gouda cheese 100 gms shredded parmesan
- Make ready 1 beaten egg
- Make ready 500 gms minced lamb meat
- Get 2 large tomatoes chopped
- Make ready 1 tsp oregano
To prepare a traditional Greek Moussaka recipe, luscious layers of juicy beef mince (or lamb) are cooked in a tomato based sauce, layered with. 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.
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
Moussaka by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis! Are you ready to try one of the most amazingly delicious Authentic Greek Moussaka. It is usually followed when someone is allergic to nuts. An authentic, delicious recipe for Eggplant Moussaka- perfect for entertaining or serving at a special gathering. Moussaka is one of the best known Greek dishes - a baked casserole It is likely that moussaka has Middle-Eastern origins, and it was introduced when the Arabs brought the eggplant to Greece.
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