Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, classic moussakas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Classic Moussakas is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Classic Moussakas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To prepare a traditional Greek Moussaka recipe, luscious layers of juicy beef mince (or lamb) are cooked in a tomato based sauce, layered with sweet eggplants and creamy béchamel sauce and baked together until golden perfection. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Classic moussaka recipes are made with layers of tender aubergine, flavoured minced lamb or beef, potatoes and white sauce. It's a little like a Greek version of lasagne.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:
- Prepare 6 large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Get 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Prepare 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
- Take 2-3 medium Onions diced
- Take 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- Get 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
- Take 100 grams White Wine
- Get 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- Make ready 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Get 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Get 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
- Prepare 1 cup shredded Cheese
- Take 2 Eggs beaten
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Take Salt
- Take Pepper
- Prepare 1 cup Water
- Get Bechamel Sauce
- Get 6 tablespoons flour
- Get 4 tablespoons cooking butter
- Get 4 coffee cups of Milk
- Get Salt and Pepper
- Get 2 beaten eggs
- Make ready 1 handful shredded cheese
- Get 8 Portions:
Moussaka is a classic Greek casserole. It's made with layers of eggplant, potato, meaty lamb sauce, and cheese topped with an egg-enriched béchamel sauce that crisps up and becomes golden brown in the oven. Place a deep pan over high heat. Add the sunflower oil and let it get hot.
Steps to make Classic Moussakas:
- In a large sauce pan, saute the onions, garlic in 3 tablespoons of butter. Add in the beef and stir until golden brown, then gradually add in the wine. Toss in the tomatoes, water, salt and pepper, parsley, oregano and sugar. Let this boil for about 1/2 hour. When the beef sauce is done take it off the stove and add in the beaten eggs, the breadcrumbs and 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese. Set it a side.
- In a large frying pan add in the 1/2 cup Olive oil or Vegetable Oil, and fry the eggplant and potatoes until lightly brown. Take a deep buttered baking pan and start layering in the potatoes, (the potatoes actually cover the bottom of your pan), and then continue layering the eggplant slices on top. Add your beef sauce on top of the eggplants and spread throughout the pan.
- In a large sauce pan, melt butter on low heat with a whisk and slowly add 1 tablespoon of flour at a time, gradually add the milk, whisk continuously. Add in all the other ingredients and stir until your Bechamel sauce has thicken. Pour on top of the meat sauce and spread.
- Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and until Bechamel sauce is golden brown.
- Kali Orexi!! :) Enjoy!!
Place a deep pan over high heat. Add the sunflower oil and let it get hot. Moussaka is a Greek casserole of eggplant layered with spiced ground lamb or beef, and topped in a creamy white bechamel or custard sauce. It's comfort food of the highest order. It wasn't until we came home from our year abroad that I attempted to make this gorgeous eggplant dish from scratch.
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