Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
The wonderful Akis Petretzikis has a fantastic moussaka recipe using baked vegetables instead of fried to make it that little bit lighter. Moussaka is to the Eastern Mediterranean what lasagna is to Italy: A very rich, special casserole that is perfect for The best way to make moussaka is in steps. Start with the meat sauce, and while that is. Moussaka is to the Greek what Lasagna is to Italians.
Moussaka is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Moussaka is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook moussaka using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:
- Get 1 kg eggplants
- Take 1 kg potatoes
- Get 125 g kefalotyri cheese, grated (you can substitute it with Pecorino Romano or Parmezan)
- Take salt, pepper, sugar
- Make ready 1/2 bunch parsley, finely chopped
- Take Meat filling
- Prepare 1 kg ground beef
- Get 350 g chopped peeled tomatoes
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp tomato paste
- Prepare 125 ml white wine (retsina if available)
- Take 2 onions, finely chopped
- Take 75 ml olive oil
- Make ready 1 beef stock cube
- Get 4 egg whites
- Prepare 1 pinch each cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt
- Make ready 2-4 cloves garlic
- Make ready herbs1 tbsp parsley, 1 tbsp mint, all chopped finely
- Make ready spices2 pinches oregano, 1 pinch each of ground cloves, ground cinnamon, ground coriander, and 1/2 of a bay leaf.
- Get 4 cups bechamel sauce (with the 4 egg yolks)
Moussaka by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis! Are you ready to try one of the most amazingly delicious Authentic Greek Moussaka. It is usually followed when someone is allergic to nuts. This Mighty Moussaka is packed with layers and layers of eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, meat and, of course, a creamy bechamel sauce.
Steps to make Moussaka:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Then add the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, herbs, and the salt. Allow to simmer until the sauce has thickened.
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool a little. Stir in the egg whites.
- Prepare the bechamel sauce. Take care to only add the egg yolks once the sauce has cooled a little.
- 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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