Moussaka

56m
Serves 2
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Directions

  1. 1Slice the eggplants into 1cm thick slices
  2. 2Place the eggplant slices on a baking sheet and salt them
  3. 3Chop the onion and garlic
  4. 4In a pot, sauté the onion in olive oil until translucent.
  5. 5Add the ground meat and cook until browned.
  6. 6Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
  7. 7Add the red wine and cook for 2 minutes.
  8. 8Add crushed tomatoes, salt, pepper, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and bay leaf. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  9. 9In a saucepan, make a béchamel sauce with butter, flour, warm milk, salt, pepper, nutmeg and grated cheese. Whisk constantly until thickened.
  10. 10Stir in the egg yolk.
  11. 11Fry the eggplant slices in oil until golden brown.
  12. 12Layer the fried eggplants in a baking dish with the meat sauce and béchamel sauce.
  13. 13Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake until golden brown.

Ingredients

  • 0 extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 10 garlic cloves
  • 500 g ground lamb or beef
  • 0 sea salt
  • 0 black pepper
  • 0 ground cinnamon
  • 0 ground allspice
  • 0 ground nutmeg
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 100 ml dry red wine
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 eggplants
  • 0 salt
  • 0 oil
  • 50 g unsalted butter
  • 50 g all-purpose flour
  • 500 ml whole milk, warmed
  • 0 sea salt
  • 0 black pepper
  • 0 ground nutmeg
  • 100 g kefalotyri or parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 50 g kefalotyri or parmesan cheese

Equipment

knifecutting boardbaking sheetbowllarge potwooden spoongratersmall saucepanwhiskspatulatongs