Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, greek mussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Heat milk in a saucepan almost to a boil. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Whisk in flour until a smooth paste forms. Lower heat and gradually pour in hot milk, whisking constantly until bechamel sauce thickens.
Greek Mussaka is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Greek Mussaka is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek mussaka using 18 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Greek Mussaka:
- Prepare 2 large aubergines (A)
- Prepare 5 medium sized white potatoes (A)
- Prepare 1 medium red onion (B)
- Prepare 3 tablespoons olive oil (B)
- Prepare 1 clove garlic (B)
- Get 750 grams ground beef and lamb meat (B)
- Get 1 TSP seven spices (B)
- Make ready black pepper (B)
- Get 1 TSP salt (B)
- Get 1 tablespoon grape molasses (B)
- Prepare 1 TSP vinegar (B)
- Prepare 2 bay leaves (C)
- Get 3 clovers (C)
- Prepare 1 pinch ground nutmeg (C)
- Take 1 liter milk (C)
- Make ready 80 grams butter (C)
- Make ready half a cup of flour (C)
- Get 500 grams grated parmesan cheese (C)
Peel the potatoes and slice them into thin rounds. Moussaka is definitely a labor of love. It isn't hard to make at all, but it does involve multiple steps and does take time to make. The good news however is that moussaka is a prime example of a dish that can be made well in advance and then simply popped in the oven before serving.
Steps to make Greek Mussaka:
- Peel, cut and salt the aubergines. Load them in a colander with a weight to remove moisture.
- Fry the aubergine slices in vegetable oil.
- Peel, cut and fry the potatoes.
- Start to prepare your Mussaka pan. The first layer consists of fried potatoes, while second layer consists of fried aubergine.
- Finely chop the onion, fry in olive oil, add minced garlic clove when onion is ready. Later add the meat. Stir on medium heat. Add the other ingredients as the meat browns and gets almost cooked.
- The minced meat comprises the third layer in the pan. Spread more aubergines to make a fourth layer.
- Boil milk with its spices in a saucepan over medium heat. In a separate saucepan melt the butter then gradually add sifted flour while continuously whisking over low heat.
- Gradually ladle milk over the butter and flour mixture whisking without interruption till the whole milk quantity is used up. Add half the parmesan cheese into the white sauce.
- The white sauce makes up the top layer (fifth layer). Sprinkle the remaining parmesan cheese on top.
- Cook for 30 min in a 180 degrees C oven uncovered. Broil for an extra 5 - 10 minutes to give the pan a golden brown surface.
- Remove from the oven and wait for 15 minutes before cutting and serving. Enjoy a premium dinner.
- Eat with yoghurt.
It isn't hard to make at all, but it does involve multiple steps and does take time to make. The good news however is that moussaka is a prime example of a dish that can be made well in advance and then simply popped in the oven before serving. Moussaka is one of the best known Greek dishes - a baked casserole consisting of ground lamb meat and layers of sliced eggplant, covered with a thick layer of bechamel sauce that gets golden and crusty as it bakes. The lamb is sometimes replaced with beef, while the eggplants might be replaced with zucchini or potatoes. Greek moussaka is heavy, filling, and incredibly delicious.
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