Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, classic moussakas. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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. Moussaka (or Moussakás as it is pronounced in Greek)needs no introduction as it is now considered one of Greece's national dishes and is probably, by and large, initially responsible for making Greek cooking so popular. This recipe, however, will make you compare all the Moussaka you have ever tried and they will, as unlikely as it may seem, fall short in comparison - it really is that. Moussaka is a classic Greek casserole.
Classic Moussakas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Classic Moussakas is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:
- Take 6 large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Get 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Make ready 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
- Take 2-3 medium Onions diced
- Prepare 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- Make ready 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
- Take 100 grams White Wine
- Prepare 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Get 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
- Make ready 1 cup shredded Cheese
- Get 2 Eggs beaten
- Take 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Take Salt
- Make ready Pepper
- Take 1 cup Water
- Get Bechamel Sauce
- Make ready 6 tablespoons flour
- Get 4 tablespoons cooking butter
- Take 4 coffee cups of Milk
- Make ready Salt and Pepper
- Make ready 2 beaten eggs
- Take 1 handful shredded cheese
- Get 8 Portions:
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 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.
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!!
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. This time I have meticulously followed all the steps of Panos and Mirella's recipe. My moussaka recipe is quite a copycat recipe.
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