Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, moussaka. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. 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 favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Moussaka is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook moussaka using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:

1. Get 1 large aubergine sliced
2. Prepare 1 large potato thinly sliced
3. Prepare 1 zucchini sliced
4. Prepare Olive oil
5. Get 100 gms butter
6. Take 100 gms flour
7. Prepare 1 large onion chopped fine
8. Take 3-4 garlic cloves chopped
9. Get 3/4 th cup milk
10. Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon
12. Get Salt as per taste
13. Take 1 tsp pepper
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp chilli powder
15. Take 150 gms shredded gouda cheese 100 gms shredded parmesan
16. Prepare 1 beaten egg
17. Take 500 gms minced lamb meat
18. Take 2 large tomatoes chopped
19. Make ready 1 tsp oregano

This Mighty Moussaka is packed with layers and layers of eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, meat and, of course, a creamy bechamel sauce. This moussaka is mostly authentic with a couple of twists for added flavor. Many very traditional versions of moussaka use a layer of potatoes. Most modern versions do not which is a shame.

Steps to make Moussaka:

1. In a skillet pan fry potato, zucchini and aubergine until golden brown and set aside (you could deep fry)
2. Place butter in a deep bottom pan and melt on medium heat, add flour stirring constantly so no lumps are formed for about a minute or two
3. Turn heat to low and whisk in milk, continue to cook on medium heat until sauce thickens, turn heat off, now whisk 50 gms parmesan and 100 gms gouda cheese and incorporate until melted, then whisk in egg until nice and smooth, check for seasoning, add nutmeg and set aside
4. In skillet add 1tbsp oil, add lamb and cook until brown, now add onions, garlic and continue to cook till onions are translucent appropriately 8 minutes, add chilli powder, cinnamon, pepper, oregano and 1/2tsp salt and mix well
5. Add tomatoes, mix and let it all cook until tomatoes have disintegrated, once cooked set aside
6. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
7. In a baking dish, layer potato at the bottom of the dish, top with cooked lamb, then layer aubergine, top with lamb layer, now arrange zucchini and top with lamb
8. Pour white sauce on top of lamb, sprinkle remaining cheese and bake for 50 minutes.
9. Cool and serve with a side of salad or garlic bread. Leftover (not likely to have any) can be refrigerated stored for 4 days in air tight container

Many very traditional versions of moussaka use a layer of potatoes. Most modern versions do not which is a shame. Greek Moussaka recipe - A delicious taste of Greece. To prepare a traditional Greek Moussaka recipe, luscious layers of juicy beef mince (or lamb) are cooked in a tomato based sauce, layered with. Indulge in a Greek-style moussaka, made with aubergines and lamb, packed with herbs and topped with two types of cheese.

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