Recipe of Speedy Moussaka

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, moussaka. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Moussaka is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Moussaka is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

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. The wonderful Akis Petretzikis has a fantastic moussaka recipe using baked vegetables instead of fried to make it that little bit lighter. Whether you've had moussaka before or this is a first time experience, you're going to LOVE this moussaka recipe with it's incredible depth of flavor and luxuriously creamy bechamel sauce topping!

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have moussaka using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:

1. Get eggplants
2. Make ready potatoes
3. Prepare kefalotyri cheese, grated (you can substitute it with Pecorino Romano or Parmezan)
4. Take salt, pepper, sugar
5. Make ready parsley, finely chopped
6. Prepare Meat filling
7. Take ground beef
8. Make ready chopped peeled tomatoes
9. Prepare tomato paste
10. Take white wine (retsina if available)
11. Get onions, finely chopped
12. Get olive oil
13. Prepare beef stock cube
14. Get egg whites
15. Take each cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt
16. Make ready garlic
17. Take herbs1 tbsp parsley, 1 tbsp mint, all chopped finely
18. Make ready spices2 pinches oregano, 1 pinch each of ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground coriander, and 1/2 of a bay leaf.
19. Get bechamel sauce (with the 4 egg yolks)

A good moussaka—a baked casserole of eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, and minced lamb or beef under a lush layer of béchamel sauce—is one of the most fabulous things you can eat. Moussaka by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis! It is usually followed when someone is allergic to nuts. An authentic, delicious recipe for Eggplant Moussaka- perfect for entertaining or serving at a special gathering.

Steps to make Moussaka:

1. Slice the eggplants into long slices, approximately 1 cm thick.  Salt them, and let them stand for 30 minutes.  Wash the salt off, strain them and pat them very dry with kitchen paper.
2. Slice the potatoes into 1 cm thick slices and fry them as well as the eggplants, in plenty of hot oil.  Let them strain on absorbent paper.
3. Prepare the meat filling.  In a saucepan, bring the oil to heat and lightly sauté the onion and the ground beef, until the ground beef is no longer pink.  Add the wine and the stock cube.  Add the spices, a little water and let the meat simmer for 45 minutes.
4. Then add the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, herbs, and the salt.  Allow to simmer until the sauce has thickened.
5. Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little.  Stir in the egg whites.
6. Prepare  the bechamel sauce.  Take care to only add the egg yolks once the sauce has cooled a little.
7. In an ovenproof dish, layer first the potato slices, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with half the chopped parsley, a little sugar, and 1/3 of the grated cheese. Next layer the meat filling, and finish off with a layer of the eggplant slices, which we season as the potatoes.  Spread the bechamel sauce over, sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese, and bake at 180 degrees for approximately 1 hour.

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