Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, moussaka. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Moussaka is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Moussaka is something which I have loved my whole life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook moussaka using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Moussaka:

1. Get large eggplants
2. Take large potatoes
3. Prepare ground beef
4. Make ready medium onions, diced
5. Get garlic cloves
6. Make ready fresh tomatoes
7. Take freshly chopped parsley
8. Take oregano
9. Prepare butter
10. Prepare eggs, beaten
11. Get olive oil
12. Prepare salt and pepper
13. Make ready white wine
14. Prepare water
15. Get Bechamel sauce >
16. Get flour
17. Prepare butter
18. Prepare salt and pepper
19. Get eggs, beaten

Although moussaka is a dish most associated with Greece, it is in fact well known in many other countries in the Middle East, each having its own version of this hearty and filling casserole. 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. w. The epitome of Greek comfort food, moussaka is basically a hearty eggplant casserole with a juicy, flavor-packed meat sauce. Topping the meat is either a rich bechamel sauce- a French influence that was introduced later-or, as in today's Moussaka recipe, a cheese-based topping.

Instructions to make Moussaka:

1. Gather your ingredients. Dice the onions and garlic cloves, then slice the potatoes and eggplants into thin circles
2. Melt the butter in a large pot then sauté the garlic and onions for 3 mins
3. Next add the beef and cook until browned
4. Now add the white wine, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper and tomatoes. Cook for 30 minutes, then set aside
5. Heat the 1/2 cup of oil in a large pan and fry your sliced potatoes until golden brown, then lay them out in the bottom of a large, buttered baking dish
6. Similarly fry all the eggplant slices and layer them on top of the potatoes. Then evenly pour your beef sauce over the top
7. In a large frying pan melt the 4 tbsp of butter, then gradually spoon in the flour 1 tbsp at a time stirring constantly
8. Gradually add in all the milk, again stirring constantly along with the salt and pepper until your sauce thickens
9. Spread the bechamel sauce over the meat in the baking dish evenly
10. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and place in the oven pre-heated to 180C, and bake for 1 hour

Greek Moussaka recipe - A delicious taste of Greece. Greek moussaka (mousaka) is one of the most popular dishes in Greece, served in almost every tavern and prepared in every household on special occasions and big family meals and for good reason! Scatter the breadcrumbs over the bottom of the pan. Lay half of the eggplant in the pan. Moussaka is definitely a labor of love.

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