Classic Moussakas. Classic moussaka is made by layering potatoes, eggplants, and a meaty lamb sauce, and then covering the dish in an egg-enriched béchamel sauce that crisps up and becomes golden brown in the oven. Modern versions use beef, some skip the potatoes and béchamel, but most keep the meat sauce and creamy sauce on top. The base for a traditional Greek moussaka is most commonly fried eggplants.
This time I have meticulously followed all the steps of Panos and Mirella's recipe. My moussaka recipe is quite a copycat recipe. I didn't add my personal touches because I decided to stick to the original recipe to take no risks.
Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, classic moussakas. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Classic moussaka is made by layering potatoes, eggplants, and a meaty lamb sauce, and then covering the dish in an egg-enriched béchamel sauce that crisps up and becomes golden brown in the oven. Modern versions use beef, some skip the potatoes and béchamel, but most keep the meat sauce and creamy sauce on top. The base for a traditional Greek moussaka is most commonly fried eggplants.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:
- {Take 6 of large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces).
- {Get 2 of large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces).
- {Get 800 grams of minced Beef or Lamb.
- {Make ready 2-3 of medium Onions diced.
- {Make ready 2 of Garlic Cloves minced.
- {Prepare 4 of fresh graded Tomatoes.
- {Get 100 grams of White Wine.
- {Take 1 cup of plain breadcrumbs.
- {Make ready 1 teaspoon of fresh Parsley chopped.
- {Get 1 teaspoon of Oregano.
- {Get 1 teaspoon of Sugar.
- {Prepare 2 of – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter.
- {Prepare 1 cup of shredded Cheese.
- {Take 2 of Eggs beaten.
- {Prepare 1/2 cup of Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil.
- {Make ready of Salt.
- {Make ready of Pepper.
- {Take 1 cup of Water.
- {Prepare of Bechamel Sauce.
- {Take 6 tablespoons of flour.
- {Get 4 tablespoons of cooking butter.
- {Get 4 of coffee cups of Milk.
- {Make ready of Salt and Pepper.
- {Prepare 2 of beaten eggs.
- {Get 1 handful of shredded cheese.
- {Make ready 8 of Portions:.
Add the tomato puree, along with a couple of cups of boiling water, stir well. Heat butter in a medium saucepan over medium until foaming. Whisk in warm milk and bring sauce to a boil. Place a deep pan over high heat.
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!!.
Add the sunflower oil and let it get hot. Peel the potatoes and slice them into thin rounds. Moussaka is a Greek casserole of eggplant layered with spiced ground lamb or beef, and topped in a creamy white bechamel or custard sauce. It's comfort food of the highest order. It wasn't until we came home from our year abroad that I attempted to make this gorgeous eggplant dish from scratch.
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