Classic Greek Moussaka
Ready in : 45 mins
Classic Greek Moussaka might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 42g of protein, 52g of fat, and a total of 847 calories. This recipe serves 4. For $4.63 per serving, this recipe covers 43% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. 37 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. It is brought to you by Foodista. If you have beef, butter, garlic, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 91%. This score is outstanding.
Ingredients
bread crumbs
50 g
butter
50 g
canned tomatoes
480 g
egg plants
2
egg yolks
3
feta cheese
230 g
flour
50 g
garlic
4 cloves
ground allspice
0.25 tsp
ground cinnamon
0.25 tsp
ground nutmeg
0.5 tsp
salt and ground pepper
4 servings
beef
400 g
warm milk
250 ml
olive oil
1 Tbs
olive oil
4 servings
onions
2
sea salt
4 servings
tomato paste
2 Tbs
Cooking in Steps
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1Sprinkle the egg plant slices with salt and let them stand for 45 minutes. Then wash thoroughly to remove excess salt.Thinly brush each slice with olive oil and bake in the preheated grill pan for several minutes on each side. Set aside. Repeat until all slices are grilled.For the meat sauce lightly saute the onions in olive oil until tender.
eggplant
olive oil
onion
meat
salt
grill pan
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2Add ground beef and saute, stirring frequently to break up the clumps of meat, until the meat is no longer pink.Stir in tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, salt and pepper and simmer briefly on low heat.
salt and pepper
ground beef
allspice
cinnamon
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garlic
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3Add in tomato paste and a little water if the sauce is to thick.
tomato paste
water
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4Remove from heat and set aside.For the bchamel sauce add flour to the melted butter, stirring constantly. When the mixture is evenly thick, gradually whisk in warm milk. Gently bring to the boil, then remove from heat, season with pepper and nutmeg.
butter
nutmeg
pepper
all purpose flour
milk
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5Whisk in (vigorously) the egg yolks. Set aside.Thinly coat with olive oil a suitable ovenproof baking dish, sprinkle the bottom with homemade bread crumbs.
breadcrumbs
egg yolk
olive oil
baking pan
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6Place a layer of egg plant, cover with some meat sauce and feta cheese and repeat this until the pan is almost full. Finish with a layer of feta cheese.Top with bchamel sauce.Cover with tin foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 1 hour.
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eggplant
meat
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aluminum foil
frying pan -
7Remove moussaka from the oven and let it set at room temperature 45 minutes before serving.
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