Moussaka Recipe

Have you ever wondered while preparing the Moussaka recipe, if it would be possible to skip the grilling of the eggplants?

We tried it and succeeded. The outcome is just as delicious. The original recipe also had cinnamon and allspice in combination with the oregano and the Bechamel Sauce was prepared with 3 egg yolks. After testing this version we decided that it was too heavy. The cinnamon and the allspice in combination with the eggs in the sauce left a heavy feeling in our stomachs which was still present the next morning.

This led us to giving the recipe a second adjusted run. Our version follows here in our online cook book. The dish was emptied completely a sure sign of success.

Moussaka recipe ingredient list:

Deep oven pan 21cm by 29cm

Serves 4

Layers:

• 1 kg of potatoes
• 1kg of eggplants (aubergine)
• 1 teaspoon of oil to grease the tray
• Pepper and salt to season

Béchamel Sauce
Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons of butter
• 4 tablespoons of spelt flour
• 2 cups of milk
• white pepper
• pinch of nutmeg
  
• salt
• 1 cup loosely filled with grated cheese

Step by step method:

1. Heat the oil in a pan and brown the beef mince.
2. In the mean time peel and dice the two onions and the three gloves of garlic. When the meat is cooked through, stir the onion and the garlic under.
3. Season with two teaspoons of dried oregano, half a teaspoon of black pepper and half a teaspoon of salt!
4. Wash and chop the tomatoes before mixing them under.
5. Add one teaspoon of sweet paprika and let it cook for five minutes.
6. Take the meat filling of the heat and prepare the Béchamel sauce.
7. During the simmering time of the Béchamel Sauce wash, peel and slice the potatoes thinly about 2-3mm thick. Then place them in a deep greased oven tray as the first layer. Sprinkle some pepper and salt on top of the potato layer.
8. Preheat the oven to 180C°. Convert!
9. After washing the eggplants remove both ends and slice them as thin as the potatoes. Layer half of the eggplants on top of the potatoes. Sprinkle with pepper and salt.
10. Distribute the meat filling and top it with the last layer of eggplant which is then covered by the Bechamel Sauce and sprinkled with grated cheese.
11. Bake for 40 minutes at 180C°.

Enjoy!

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