# Moussaka

A comforting winter warmer, Moussaka, that makes staying in feel special.

- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 eggplants
- 1 pack ground beef
- salt
- 1 onions
- 1 head garlic
- red wine
- crushed tomatoes
- beef stock
- parsley
- ground coriander
- bay leaves
- cinnamon sticks
- 1 block butter
- flour
- milk
- nutmeg
- black pepper
- parmesan cheese
- egg yolks
- 3 potatoes

## Instructions

1. Slice the eggplants into rounds.
2. Place the eggplant slices on a baking tray.
3. Add ground beef to a pan with oil.
4. Season the ground beef with salt.
5. Chop an onion into small pieces.
6. Add the chopped onion to the pan with the beef.
7. Mince garlic.
8. Add the minced garlic to the pan.
9. Add red wine to the pan.
10. Add crushed tomatoes and beef stock to the pan.
11. Add chopped parsley, ground coriander, bay leaves, and cinnamon sticks to the pan.
12. Let the mixture simmer.
13. Cut butter into cubes.
14. Melt butter in a pot and add flour to make a roux.
15. Whisk in milk to create a béchamel sauce.
16. Grate nutmeg into the béchamel sauce.
17. Season the béchamel sauce with black pepper and salt.
18. Grate parmesan cheese.
19. Add grated parmesan cheese to the béchamel sauce and stir.
20. Add egg yolks to the béchamel sauce.
21. Remove excess oil from the fried eggplant slices using paper towels.
22. Fry the eggplant slices in a pan until golden brown.
23. Peel and slice potatoes.
24. Dry the potato slices with paper towels.
25. Fry the potato slices until golden brown.
26. Layer fried potato slices at the bottom of a baking dish.
27. Layer fried eggplant slices over the potatoes.
28. Spread a layer of the meat mixture over the eggplants.
29. Add another layer of potatoes.
30. Add another layer of eggplants.
31. Add the remaining meat mixture.
32. Pour the béchamel sauce over the meat layer.
33. Sprinkle grated cheese over the béchamel sauce.
34. Bake in the oven until the top is golden and bubbly.

## Equipment

- knife
- chopping board
- baking tray
- pan
- grater
- spatula
- pot
- whisk
- peeler
- slotted spoon
- baking dish

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AVkJ8tnvP/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6583ea56-c04b-4657-917c-2aacf7ac788b
- Extracted: 2026-01-20

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