Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, classic moussakas. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Classic Moussakas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Classic Moussakas is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:
- Make ready 6 large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Prepare 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Make ready 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
- Prepare 2-3 medium Onions diced
- Get 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- Get 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
- Prepare 100 grams White Wine
- Prepare 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- Take 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Prepare 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
- Take 1 cup shredded Cheese
- Take 2 Eggs beaten
- Take 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Pepper
- Prepare 1 cup Water
- Take Bechamel Sauce
- Take 6 tablespoons flour
- Prepare 4 tablespoons cooking butter
- Make ready 4 coffee cups of Milk
- Take Salt and Pepper
- Prepare 2 beaten eggs
- Prepare 1 handful shredded cheese
- Prepare 8 Portions:
Instructions 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!!
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