Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, classic moussakas. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

The classic spice in a moussaka is cinnamon. You might think it's strange to add what is traditionally a sweet spice to a savoury dish but it works brilliantly with rich lamb and tomatoes and gives the sauce its distinctive flavour. 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.

Classic Moussakas is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Classic Moussakas is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook classic moussakas using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Moussakas:

1. Prepare large Eggplants (thinly sliced round pieces)
2. Make ready large Potatoes (thinly sliced round pieces)
3. Get minced Beef or Lamb
4. Make ready medium Onions diced
5. Get Garlic Cloves minced
6. Get fresh graded Tomatoes
7. Take White Wine
8. Prepare plain breadcrumbs
9. Get fresh Parsley chopped
10. Take Oregano
11. Prepare Sugar
12. Prepare – 3 tablespoons of cooking Butter
13. Take shredded Cheese
14. Prepare Eggs beaten
15. Make ready Olive Oil or Vegetable Oil
16. Make ready Salt
17. Prepare Pepper
18. Take Water
19. Take Bechamel Sauce
20. Make ready flour
21. Take cooking butter
22. Make ready coffee cups of Milk
23. Get Salt and Pepper
24. Prepare beaten eggs
25. Take shredded cheese
26. Take Portions:

This tasty recipe is quick and easy, and can be made ahead. 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! I love moussaka, but, it's one of the most time consuming and fiddly Greek dishes to prepare.

Instructions to make Classic Moussakas:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Bake at 180 degrees for 1 hour and until Bechamel sauce is golden brown.
5. Kali Orexi!! :) Enjoy!!

The preparation also creates piles of washing up, mostly pans, oily, sticky pans. A pan to fry the aubergines (Egg plant), a pan to boil the potatoes, a pan to cook the mince and a pan to cook the bechamel sauce. Moussaka Eggplant Recipe - Our flavorful twist on a classic Mediterranean dish with layers of seasoned roasted eggplant, scrumptious meat sauce, and creamy cheese sauce. Full of flavor hearty dinner that's worth all the effort! I'm always up for a cooking challenge, especially during this time.

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