# Moussaka

A comforting moussaka recipe made with layers of fried eggplant, meat sauce, and béchamel sauce.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 56 min
- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- baking sheet
- bowl
- large pot
- wooden spoon
- grater
- small saucepan
- whisk
- spatula
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHWbyOZSV2c/?igsh=MXY4aWV3dDRheHBmMw
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5e205b46-16bf-4150-b696-3afa8e00c40e
- Extracted: 2025-03-18

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