Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, classic moussakas. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Classic Moussakas is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Classic Moussakas is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:
- Take 6 large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Get 2 large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
- Get 800 grams minced Beef or Lamb
- Get 2-3 medium Onions diced
- Make ready 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- Make ready 4 fresh graded Tomatoes
- Get 100 grams White Wine
- Make ready 1 cup plain breadcrumbs
- Get 1 teaspoon fresh Parsley chopped
- Get 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Get 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Get 2 – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
- Get 1 cup shredded Cheese
- Take 2 Eggs beaten
- Make ready 1/2 cup Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
- Take Salt
- Get Pepper
- Make ready 1 cup Water
- Take Bechamel Sauce
- Prepare 6 tablespoons flour
- Take 4 tablespoons cooking butter
- Get 4 coffee cups of Milk
- Take Salt and Pepper
- Take 2 beaten eggs
- Prepare 1 handful shredded cheese
- Take 8 Portions:
Steps 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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