How to Prepare Perfect Greek Mussaka

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Greek Moussaka recipe - A delicious taste of Greece. With this step-by-step traditional Greek Moussaka recipe you can easily recreate this traditional delight from scratch. The wonderful Akis Petretzikis has a fantastic moussaka recipe using baked vegetables instead of fried to make it that little bit lighter. Moussaka (/muːˈsɑːkə/, /ˌmuːsəˈkɑː/ or /ˌmuːsɑːˈkɑː/) is an eggplant- and/or potato-based dish, often including ground meat, which is common in the Balkans and the Middle East, with many local and regional variations.

Greek Mussaka is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Greek Mussaka is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek mussaka using 18 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Mussaka:

1. Take 2 large aubergines (A)
2. Prepare 5 medium sized white potatoes (A)
3. Make ready 1 medium red onion (B)
4. Make ready 3 tablespoons olive oil (B)
5. Prepare 1 clove garlic (B)
6. Prepare 750 grams ground beef and lamb meat (B)
7. Make ready 1 TSP seven spices (B)
8. Take black pepper (B)
9. Get 1 TSP salt (B)
10. Get 1 tablespoon grape molasses (B)
11. Take 1 TSP vinegar (B)
12. Get 2 bay leaves (C)
13. Get 3 clovers (C)
14. Take 1 pinch ground nutmeg (C)
15. Make ready 1 liter milk (C)
16. Get 80 grams butter (C)
17. Make ready half a cup of flour (C)
18. Make ready 500 grams grated parmesan cheese (C)

A rich tomato meat sauce layered with eggplant instead of pasta sheets, and topped with a thick layer of béchamel sauce, this traditional Greek recipe. This classic Greek moussaka recipe is made by layering eggplant and potatoes with a spiced meat filling and topping it with a béchamel sauce. Easy Greek Moussaka with ground beef, eggplant (aubergines), zucchini (courgettes) and potatoes topped with a creamy bechamel sauce, a complete dinner recipe that gives comfort food a new. This Greek Moussaka Recipe Is comfort food at its finest.

Steps to make Greek Mussaka:

1. Peel, cut and salt the aubergines. Load them in a colander with a weight to remove moisture.
2. Fry the aubergine slices in vegetable oil.
3. Peel, cut and fry the potatoes.
4. Start to prepare your Mussaka pan. The first layer consists of fried potatoes, while second layer consists of fried aubergine.
5. Finely chop the onion, fry in olive oil, add minced garlic clove when onion is ready. Later add the meat. Stir on medium heat. Add the other ingredients as the meat browns and gets almost cooked.
6. The minced meat comprises the third layer in the pan. Spread more aubergines to make a fourth layer.
7. Boil milk with its spices in a saucepan over medium heat. In a separate saucepan melt the butter then gradually add sifted flour while continuously whisking over low heat.
8. Gradually ladle milk over the butter and flour mixture whisking without interruption till the whole milk quantity is used up. Add half the parmesan cheese into the white sauce.
9. The white sauce makes up the top layer (fifth layer). Sprinkle the remaining parmesan cheese on top.
10. Cook for 30 min in a 180 degrees C oven uncovered. Broil for an extra 5 - 10 minutes to give the pan a golden brown surface.
11. Remove from the oven and wait for 15 minutes before cutting and serving. Enjoy a premium dinner.
12. Eat with yoghurt.

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