🏷️ Category: lunch
🌍 Cuisine: Mediterranean
⭐ Difficulty: Hard
⏱️ Time: 45 min
📝 Introduction
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
🥘 Ingredients
• bread crumbs50 g
• butter50 g
• canned tomatoes480 g
• egg plants2
• egg yolks3
• feta cheese230 g
• flour50 g
• garlic4 cloves
• ground allspice0.25 tsp
• ground cinnamon0.25 tsp
• ground nutmeg0.5 tsp
• salt and ground pepper4 servings
• beef400 g
• warm milk250 ml
• olive oil1 Tbs
• olive oil4 servings
• onions2
• sea salt4 servings
• tomato paste2 Tbs
👨🍳 Cooking Steps
1
Sprinkle the egg plant slices with salt and let them stand for 45 minutes
2
Then wash thoroughly to remove excess salt
3
Thinly brush each slice with olive oil and bake in the preheated grill pan for several minutes on each side
4
Set aside
5
Repeat until all slices are grilled
6
For the meat sauce lightly saute the onions in olive oil until tender
7
Add ground beef and saute, stirring frequently to break up the clumps of meat, until the meat is no longer pink
8
Stir in tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, salt and pepper and simmer briefly on low heat
9
Add in tomato paste and a little water if the sauce is to thick
10
Remove from heat and set aside
11
For the bchamel sauce add flour to the melted butter, stirring constantly
12
When the mixture is evenly thick, gradually whisk in warm milk
13
Gently bring to the boil, then remove from heat, season with pepper and nutmeg
14
Whisk in (vigorously) the egg yolks
15
Set aside
16
Thinly coat with olive oil a suitable ovenproof baking dish, sprinkle the bottom with homemade bread crumbs
17
Place a layer of egg plant, cover with some meat sauce and feta cheese and repeat this until the pan is almost full
18
Finish with a layer of feta cheese
19
Top with bchamel sauce
20
Cover with tin foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 1 hour
21
Remove moussaka from the oven and let it set at room temperature 45 minutes before serving
