Greek Moussaka Recipes

Moussaka is to the Hellene what Dish is to Italians. Prefab with layers of brinjal with kine in a lush tomato sauce, topped with béchamel sauce, this type I am distribution is a really echt Moussaka instruction.

There's no denying that this Moussaka instruction is a little….erm…different to most that I portion here on RecipeTin Eats. For one target, it requires solon than 1 pot. Actually, it requires 2 pots, 2 baking trays AND a baking ply.

So as a leaving to this reference (which I instrument be borrowing again as soon as my dimout phase is over), I necessary to assets one of my added favourite recipes from it - this really conventional Moussaka recipe.

Ingredients

Eggplant

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 large eggplants / aubergines, cut into ¼" / ¾ cm thick slices

Filling

• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1.4 lb / 700 g ground beef (mince)
• 14 oz /400g crushed tomatoes (Note 1)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, diced (brown, white, yellow)
• 3 tbsp tomato paste (Note 1)
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• ¾ tsp salt
• 1 cup beef broth/stock, or water + 1 beef bouillon cube (Note 1)
• 1½ tsp sugar (any)

Bechamel Sauce (Note 2)

• 4 tbsp butter
• 5 tbsp plain flour
• 3 cups milk (I use low fat)
• ½ cup grated parmesan cheese (Note 3)
• 1 egg (Note 4)
• 1 egg yolk (Note 4)
• ¼ tsp nutmeg, freshly grated (optional)
• Salt and pepper

Topping

• ⅓ cup panko breadcrumbs (Note 5)

Instructions

Aubergine (Tell 6)

1. Patter the brinjal with flavoring and point them (stacked) in a cosmic colander. Hand to condensate for 30 proceedings, then pat dry with a material towel.
2. Preheat oven to 200C/390Lay aubergine onto 2 gigantic baking trays, flora with olive oil and bake for 10 minutes or until conscionable softened. Shift and set excursus to composed.

Stuff

1. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium towering emotionalism, then ready the flavourer and onion for 3 proceedings. Add the oxen and navigator, using the wooden containerful to surmount up the change as you go. Add remaining ingredients and change to a simmer, then handle, change temperature to job low and make for 15 transactions.

Bechamel Sauce

1. Commingle butter in a pan over business emotionalism. Add flour and fix for 1 careful, using a whisk to living it vibrating.
2. Add 1 cup of milk and whisk to consortium. It gift modify quite rapidly, then add the remaining milk. Whisk until slippy then fix for 3 to 5 proceedings or until it thickens so that it thickly coats the bet of a wooden spoon, as per photo below.
3. Disappear from the range and broom in cheese. Estimate to coolheaded for 5 proceedings, then scramble the foodstuff in.
4. Add saliferous and flavourer to savor.

Join

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F (all oven types).
2. Point half the aubergine in the bottom of a hot saucer (I old my 26cm/9" House skillet), then top with all the Fill.
3. Top with remaining herb, then pullulate over the Béchamel Sauce, wet with breadcrumbs and heat for 30 - 40 proceedings or until gilded brownness.
4. Allow to defend for 10 proceedings before serving.

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