Moussaka
Moussaka

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Learn How to make Traditional Greek Moussaka. This dish is so rich and full of flavor. layers of potatoes, eggplants, meat and béchamel sauce. Moussaka is to the Greek what Lasagna is to Italians.

Moussaka is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Moussaka is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Take 1 large aubergine sliced
  2. Take 1 large potato thinly sliced
  3. Get 1 zucchini sliced
  4. Make ready Olive oil
  5. Make ready 100 gms butter
  6. Take 100 gms flour
  7. Make ready 1 large onion chopped fine
  8. Make ready 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
  9. Get 3/4 th cup milk
  10. Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  11. Get 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  12. Take Salt as per taste
  13. Take 1 tsp pepper
  14. Get 1/2 tsp chilli powder
  15. Make ready 150 gms shredded gouda cheese 100 gms shredded parmesan
  16. Take 1 beaten egg
  17. Get 500 gms minced lamb meat
  18. Prepare 2 large tomatoes chopped
  19. Prepare 1 tsp oregano

This classic Greek moussaka recipe is made by layering eggplant and potatoes with a spiced meat filling and topping it with a béchamel sauce. Moussaka by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis! It is usually followed when someone is allergic to nuts. This moussaka is mostly authentic with a couple of twists for added flavor.

Steps to make Moussaka:
  1. In a skillet pan fry potato, zucchini and aubergine until golden brown and set aside (you could deep fry)
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Add tomatoes, mix and let it all cook until tomatoes have disintegrated, once cooked set aside
  6. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
  7. 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
  8. Pour white sauce on top of lamb, sprinkle remaining cheese and bake for 50 minutes.
  9. 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

Many very traditional versions of moussaka use a layer of potatoes. Most modern versions do not which is a shame. Moussaka is the iconic hearty Greek dish composed of layers of eggplants, saucy ground meat and Moussaka is an eggplant-and/or potato-based casserole dish, that traditionally also includes ground. An authentic, delicious recipe for Eggplant Moussaka- perfect for entertaining or serving at a special gathering. A Greek-inspired casserole with layers of fried eggplant, beef, and Bechamel.

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