Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, classic moussakas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Classic Moussakas is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Classic Moussakas is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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)
- Make ready 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Get 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
- Take 2-3 medium Onions diced
- Get 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- Take 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
- Prepare 100 grams White Wine
- Make ready 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- Prepare 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
- Take 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Get 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
- Prepare 1 cup shredded Cheese
- Prepare 2 Eggs beaten
- Make ready 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Make ready Salt
- Take Pepper
- Take 1 cup Water
- Prepare Bechamel Sauce
- Make ready 6 tablespoons flour
- Take 4 tablespoons cooking butter
- Make ready 4 coffee cups of Milk
- Take Salt and Pepper
- Take 2 beaten eggs
- Prepare 1 handful shredded cheese
- Prepare 8 Portions:
Veal was used, too, but less so now. A classic moussaka is right up there in terms of our favourite comfort food, perfect for these challenging times. Although we tend to recognise it as a Greek dish, the name is actually Arabic (musaqqa'a), meaning 'that which is fed liquid', and variations can be found across the Levant, Middle East and the Balkans. Moussaka is all about the aubergine, however due to circumstances and the.
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!!
Although we tend to recognise it as a Greek dish, the name is actually Arabic (musaqqa'a), meaning 'that which is fed liquid', and variations can be found across the Levant, Middle East and the Balkans. Moussaka is all about the aubergine, however due to circumstances and the. The traditional Greek moussaka recipe calls for either lamb mince or a mix of lamb and beef. But if you can't handle its strong flavour and prefer a lighter version try substituting with good quality beef or veal mince. Tip into a bowl and set aside.
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